There Will Come Soft Rains Reading Qs

Poll

Are we too dependent on technology?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Do you think that there are more benefits or disadvantages to technology these days? Why?

Allusion definition

from literarydevices.net

An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar. As a literary device, allusion allows a writer to compress a great deal of meaning and significance into a word or phrase. However, allusions are only effective to the extent that they are recognized and understood by the reader, and that they are properly inferred and interpreted by the reader. If an allusion is obscure or misunderstood, it can lose effectiveness by confusing the reader.

Examples

• His smile is like kryptonite to me.

• She felt like she had a golden ticket.

• I feel like I just tumbled down the rabbit hole.

• This guy is young, scrappy, and hungry.

• I wish I could click my heels to get out of here.

• My boss Jedi mind tricked me into working an extra shift.

• I've got English class with he who must not be named.

Open Ended

Based on the background, what allusions do you think will be made in the story?

Open Ended

What kind of technology does the house have? Do we actually have anything like it today?

Open Ended

When does it seem like the story is taking place?

Figurative Language

• Highlight at least 2 lines in yellow

• Identify in the margins what it is

Figurative language can be the following:

• ​simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• symbolism

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• allusion

• ​oxymoron

• idiom

• puns

• ​irony

• onomatopoeia

Open Ended

Write at least 1 line that had figurative language, and the paragraph # it was in- what type was it?

Theme

• Highlight at least 2 lines in pink

• Identify in the margins what you think the theme is

  • It can be 1 or 2 words

Open Ended

What seems to be the theme of the story so far?

Open Ended

What do you think has happened to the people of this house? Include a quote that backs up your answer and paragraph #

Open Ended

Why did the dog die?

Open Ended

What was the irony there?

Open Ended

What is the poem that the house read about if you could sum it up in a few words?

Open Ended

Pick a line in the poem and respond to it.

Open Ended

Why would the author choose to use this poem in this story?

Open Ended

What leads the house to catching on fire?

Open Ended

What was one line in the story that stood out to you? Why?

Open Ended

What happens to the house in the end?

Open Ended

If the house was the protagonist, who/what was the antagonist?