Figurative Language for There Will Come Soft Rains

Identify the type of figurative language used in this sentence: "The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sound into the emptiness."

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the type of figurative language used in this sentence "...ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunnyside up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Identify the type of figurative language used in this sentence: “...the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would.”

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Read the following sentence:

"“...the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would.”

How does the use of this figurative language sentence help shape the story elements?

• The clock was afraid that no one would get up, so the clock repeated the time.

• This quote makes the story more interesting by giving the clock a human like quality.

• This personification sentence helps shape the story by foreshadowing the house was alone, and the humans were gone (dead).

• This personification sentence helps shape the story by giving the clock feelings of fear.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the figurative language in this sentence “the house had shut up its windows and drawn shades in an old maidenly preoccupation which bordered on a mechanical paranoia.”

• Irony

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the following sentence:

“the house had shut up its windows and drawn shades in an old maidenly preoccupation which bordered on a mechanical paranoia.”

How does the use of figurative language in the above sentence impact two story elements to shape the story? Select the best answer.

• The house is being personified and is now the protagonist of the story. It also establishes a mysterious mood because the house worries something terrible might happen to it just like something terrible happened to the human owners.

• This sentence is an example of personification. The house is given the human quality of feeling paranoia.

• The house can automatically shut its windows and close the shades so we know the story is in the future.

• This sentence only describes the setting of the story in which the house is automated and can open and close windows/shades and display feelings of paranoia.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the figurative language in this sentence “Rain, rain, go away; rubbers, raincoats for today.”

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Read the following sentence:

“Rain, rain, go away; rubbers, raincoats for today.”

How does this sentence have an impact in the story's elements?

• This sentence helps shape the story by adding joy to the story and singing an upbeat song.

• This sentence tells us that it is raining outside and that the characters need their rain gear.

• This sentence has no effect whatsoever in the elements of the story.

• This sentence helps establish the setting, it is raining outdoors, and the mood for the story which is gloomy.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What did the silhouettes on the west face wall of the house symbolize (five spots of paint)?

• The dog covered with sores and down to bones.

• The deceased family and the death of humanity due to war.

• Lonely foxes and whining cats wanting to enter the house.

• The tiny robot mice crawling out of warrens in the wall.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the figurative language in this sentence:

"... the toast was like stone."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3