Question

The Kaddish is a Jewish prayer recited for the dead. In Night, many of the prisoners recite the Kaddish as they march to the crematorium. Of what literary device is this an example ?

verbal irony



oxymoron



paradox



situational irony

Answer 1

situational irony

Step-by-step explanation:

It is used to show when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead.

Answer 2

The answer is situational irony

Step-by-step explanation:

situational irony is a literary device that you can easily identify in literary works. It is used to show when incongruity appears between expectations of something to happen, and what actually happens instead.

In the case of the prisoners, the expectation of them being killed that night (as they are lead to the crematorium) and they actually singing the Jewish prayer (meant for those already dead) shows situational irony (which is an example of literary device).