There Will Come Soft Rains

1. Part A: Identify two themes in both the poem and the short story.

• War is pointless.

• Man is destructive.

• Dawn signifies a new beginning.

• Nature will prevail no matter what.

• Rain washes the earth pure and clean.

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2. Part B: In what ways are the two themes of the poem “There Will Come Soft Rains”(passage 1) and the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” (passage 2) chosen in Part A developed?

• 1. Passage 2 utilizes a chronological plot to develop the theme while Passage 1 utilizes alliteration to develop the theme.

• Passage 2 uses a third person-narrator to create irony while Passage 1 uses a speaker to help the reader feel suspense.

• 1. Passage 2 uses a first-person narrative to teach a lesson about the evils of technology while Passage 1 uses a poem to show how nature works with mankind. 

• Passage 2 uses repetition to emphasize the significance of the theme while Passage 1 uses foreshadowing to provide clues about the story’s resolution.

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3. Part A: How does Bradbury contrast the dog’s perspective from the house’s in paragraphs 21-23? (R.1.3)

• 1. The dog is excited about breakfast, while the house is irritated about making breakfast.

• The dog is unaware of the dangers outside of the house, while the house is fully aware and showing signs of compassion.

• The dog is filled with anger due to his owners being gone, while the house is elated for the long-needed silence and relief of duty.

• The dog is desperate for food and comfort but acknowledges that no one is there in the house, while the house acknowledges silence, but carries on with its regular tasks and duties blind to the existence of humans.

4. Part B: How does the author develop the perspectives of the dog and the house in the text? (R.1.3)

• 1. through their thoughts over breakfast

• through their actions within the house

• 1. through their feelings on the nuclear bomb

• 1. through their dialogue concerning the missing dwellers

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5. How does Sara Teasdale create rhythm in the poem cited in

paragraph 40? (R.1.4)

• 1. She uses a single couplet with onomatopoeia at the end.

• 1. She uses end rhyme to emphasize an ab/ab rhyme scheme.

• She uses repetition and rhyme schemes to develop a rhythmic pattern.

• She uses assonance and white space to establish the song-like structure.

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Re-read stanza 6 in the poem, located in paragraph 40 of the text.

And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn

Would scarcely know that we were gone."

How does Teasdale’s use of personification in stanza 6 create meaning in the poem? (R.1.4)

• 1. It signifies a woman startled by emptiness.

• 1. It represents a woman enjoying the nature around her.

• 1. It illustrates a woman waking up afraid of being alone.

• 1. It portrays a woman who will not realize that mankind is gone.

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7. Read paragraph 19 then answer the question below:

“The front door recognized the dog voice and opened. The dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores, moved in and through the house, tracking mud. Behind it whirred angry mice, angry at having to pick up mud, angry at inconvenience.” (paragraph 19)

 How does the irony in this excerpt advance the pathos appeal in the text? (R.3.4)

• 1. The irony emphasizes how the house hates anything that interferes with the time it must keep and the reader is unaware of the loss of life. 

• The irony reveals how the house prefers everything to be timely and the reader is reflective on the advances in technology.

• 1. The irony reveals how the reader connects to the pain of the dog and the house tries to save the dog but doesn’t know how. 

• The irony emphasizes how the house corrects what it sees as imperfections, and the reader sees the lack of humanity in these corrections.

8. Read the line excerpt from Paragraph 35 in the passage.

“There was the sound like a great matted yellow hive of bees within a dark bellows, the lazy bumble of a purring lion.” (Paragraph 35)

How does the author’s use of simile in paragraph 35 support the overall appeal of the passage? (R.3.4)

• 1. it appeals to the logic of the reader, by describing the exact sounds one would hear in a house fire

• 1. it appeals to the emotions of his audience, by describing the effects of nature versus technology

• 1. it appeals to the credibility of the author, by showing how knowledgeable he is with safari animals in nature 

• 1. it appeals to the animal rights activists, by showing the consequences of keeping wild animals in one's home

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9. Read the quotation from the passage:

“How carefully it had inquired, "Who goes there? What's the password?" and, getting no answer from lonely foxes and whining cats, it had shut up its windows and drawn shades in an old-maidenly preoccupation with self-protection which bordered on a mechanical paranoia.” (Paragraph 14)

The word “paranoia” comes from the Greek prefix para- meaning “irregular” and the Greek root word noos- meaning “mind.” Based on this information, What does the use of the word “paranoia” suggest in paragraph 14? (V.1.2)

• 1. that the house was quickly aging and showing signs of fragility and confusion

• 1. that the house was distracted by the mice running around constantly cleaning

• 1. that the house was in a state of shock because of unexpected visitors peeking in  

• that the house was worried due to the broken lines of communication it was accustomed to

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10. Part A: Using context and connotation strategies, determine the meaning of silhouette as it is used in Paragraph 11 of the text. 

• shape

• heels

• mirror

• wall

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