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

What literary device is used in reference to the house?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

The house can do everything but what?

• Make food

• Clean itself

• Fly around

Why is the family not home?

• They were killed in a nuclear blast

• They are on vacation

• They have evacuated before the war starts

What happens to the dog?

• He is killed by the house

• He dies of starvation and neglect

• He dies in the nuclear blast

What kinds of mechanical creatures clean the house?

• Birds

• Snakes

• Mice

The house has many different voices for various functions.

• True

• False

What was the father doing when the bomb hit?

• Throwing a ball

• Working in the garden

• Mowing the yard

How is the house eventually destroyed?

• Fire

• Flood

• Another bomb