There Will Come Soft Rains-Sara Teasdale Poem

What mood does Sara Teasdale create in the first 6 lines of the poem, "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

• Chaotic

• Conflicting

• Peaceful

• Hot

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

"There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,"

What literary element is being used by the author here?

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

"Feathery fire," and "Whistling their whims," are examples of

• Alliteration

• Mood

• Style

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

What does the phrase "low fence-wire;" illustrate?

• The first man-made element in the poem

• A clue from the conflict

• A farm

• Seperation of humans and animals

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

"And frogs in the pools singing at night,

And wild plum-trees in tremulous white;

What does this color symbolize?

• Being clean

• Perfection

• Innocence

• Neutrality

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

"Spring herself, when she woke at dawn," is an example of

• Metephor

• Imagery

• A new day

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What happens to the human race at the end of the poem?

• They die

• They change

• They have another war

• They clean up the mess

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

What is the mood/tone set by Sara Teasdale when she writes,

Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree

If mankind perished utterly;

• destructive

• depressive and thoughtful

• uncaring and selfish

• happy

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

What are the two themes suggested by Sara Teasdale in her poem, "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

• Nature and War

• Happiness and Peace

• Birds and Spring

• Life and Death

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

True or False

The "soft rains," and "Spring herself, when she woke at dawn," both symbolize that nature will have the ultimate victory over the destruction of war

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10