There Will Come Soft Rains - Review

Who wrote There Will Come Soft Rains?

• Ray Bradbury

• Roald Dahl

• Shirley Jackson

What is the setting of this story?

• The distant future

• August 4, 2026

• Undetermined

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device is used in reference to the house?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The house can do everything but what?

• Make food

• Clean itself

• Fly around

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Why is the family not home?

• They were killed in a nuclear blast

• They are on vacation

• They have evacuated before the war starts

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What happens to the dog?

• He is killed by the house

• He dies of starvation and neglect

• He dies in the nuclear blast

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What kinds of mechanical creatures clean the house?

• Birds

• Snakes

• Mice

The house has many different voices for various functions.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was the father doing when the bomb hit?

• Throwing a ball

• Working in the garden

• Mowing the yard

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How is the house eventually destroyed?

• Fire

• Flood

• Another bomb

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5