From: “There Will Come Soft Rains” Literary elements From: “There Will Come Soft Rains”

Choose the element that best fits the example “The voice-clock sang “‘Tick-tock, seven o’clock…’” Personification Onomatopoeia Foreshadowing Theme

Choose the element that best fits the example “…where hot water whirled them…the dirty dishes were dropped” Setting Personification Alliteration Allusion

Choose the element that best fits the example “The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants…” Metaphor Simile Personification Allusion

Choose the element that best fits the example The incinerator is compared to “evil Baal” Metaphor Simile Personification Allusion

Choose the element that best fits the example “mice hummed out as softly as blown gray leaves” Metaphor Simile Personification Allusion

Choose the element that best fits the example “The incinerator glowed suddenly and a whirl of sparks leaped up the chimney.” Setting Personification Alliteration Allusion

Choose the element that best fits the example Technology must be developed very carefully, or it may destroy those who created it. Foreshadowing Setting Theme Allusion

Choose the element that best fits the example “There Will Come Soft Rains” takes place in California in the year 2026 Foreshadowing Setting Theme Symbolism

Choose the element that best fits the example The beginning of “There Will Come Soft Rains,” frequently references “the empty house” Foreshadowing Personification Theme Symbolism

Choose the element that best fits the example The spreading fire in “There Will Come Soft Rains” represents the limits of technology. Foreshadowing Personification Theme Symbolism