"There Will Come Soft Rains" Bradbury

How does the author arrange the chronological order in this story?

• He discusses how the dog’s hunger increases.

• He uses a robotic voice that serves as a calendar and time stamp.

• He numbers each section, beginning with the number 1.

• He uses a robotic voice that serves as a calendar.

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What could be a THEME of the story?

• Advances in technology will always have a positive outcome.

• Human nature is guilty for its own bad ending, and nature nor technology will care about us.

• Automated houses will be very helpful to people of the future to bring families closer.

• Nature will need humankind to continue on

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What is the story's setting?

• Sometime in the near future.

• In the very distant future.

• August 4, 2026, after a nuclear holocaust

• May 25, 2025

Which of the following words best describes the type of life the family probably led?

• Timid

• Orderly

• Casual

• Playful and loose

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What happens after the tree bough crashes through the kitchen window?

• Breakfast is prepared.

• The robotic mice come out to clean up the mess.

• The family calls a tree service to trim trees in the yard.

• A bottle of cleaning solvent breaks open on the stove and sets the house on fire.

a figure of speech that is used to attribute human characteristics to something that is not human

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as"

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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comparison between two things

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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a word that sounds like the noise it describes

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

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a purposeful exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

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