Question

elie wiesels all rivers run to the sea is a

biography.
memoir.
scholarly study.
fictional narrative.

Explanation:

Identify the author and work

The question asks about Elie Wiesel's book All Rivers Run to the Sea.

Analyze the genre of the work

All Rivers Run to the Sea is Elie Wiesel's personal account of his own life, covering his childhood, his experiences during the Holocaust, and his subsequent life as a writer and activist. Because it is a first-person account of the author's own life experiences, it falls under the category of autobiographical literature, specifically a memoir.

Evaluate the given options

• biography: Incorrect, as a biography is written by someone else about another person's life.
• memoir: Correct, as it is a personal, first-person account of the author's own life.
• scholarly study: Incorrect, as it is a personal narrative rather than an academic research paper.
• fictional narrative: Incorrect, as the events described are non-fictional and autobiographical.

Answer:

• biography.
• memoir. (Correct answer)
• scholarly study.
• fictional narrative.