There Will Come Soft Rains

 Which of the following describes the tone of the house's announcements?

• pleasant
• lonley
• sarcastic/nasty
• threatening

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why is no one home?

•  The house is too expensive to operate.
• Everyone is at work or school.
• Everyone has been killed.
•  The house is for sale. 

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.8

 What happened next after the tree bough crashes through the kitchen window? 

• The dog whines because it is hungry. 
• The robot mice came to clean the floor.
• A bottle of solvent breaks open; the house catches on fire.
• Breakfast is prepared.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.3A

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

• Use of a clock which announces the time in each new section. 
• He numbers each section of the story. 
• He discusses how the dog's hunger increases.
• He uses a robotic voice that serves as a calendar.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.W.8.3A

CCSS.W.8.3C

What is the story's setting? 

•  Sometime in the near future.
• August 4, 2026, after a nuclear blast. 
• May 5, 2012 
• In the distant future.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

What is unusual about all of the characters in this story?

• They are very patient.

• They are human.

• They work hard.

• They are all machines/ robots.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does the first sentence turn out to be ironic? 

• It really isn't 7:00. 
• There is no one in the house to get up or hear the clock. 
• The clock says tick tock instead of actually ticking.
•  The story is set in the future, but clocks are still used.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

How does the voice clock respond to the fact that no one reacts to it? 

• It asks why no-one is responding.
•  It becomes louder. 
• It turns itself off. 
• It continues doing it's job. 

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What happened to the family who lived in this house? 

• There are no clues about the family's current location.
• They moved to another neighborhood.
• They decided to spend a weekend away from home.
• They died in a nuclear explosion. 

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What type of figurative language is the following sentence?
"It quivered at each sound, the house did."

• imagery 
• personification
• oxymoron 
• allusion

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4