Holocaust
by Barbara Sonek
1 We played, we laughed
2 we were loved.
3 We were ripped from the arms of our
4 parents and thrown into the fire.
5 We were nothing more than children.
6 We had a future. We were going to be lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers. We had
7 dreams, then we had no hope. We were taken away in the dead of night like cattle in
8 cars, no air to breathe smothering, crying, starving, dying. Separated from the world to
9 be no more. From the ashes, hear our plea. This atrocity to mankind can not happen
10 again. Remember us, for we were the children whose dreams and lives were stolen
11 away
L. 5
Which line contains a simile?
a
“Smothering, crying, starving, dying”
b
“We were taken away in the dead of night like cattle in cars”
c
“From the ashes, hear our plea.”
d
“We were ripped from the arms of our parents and thrown into the fire.”