One reason Bradbury wrote this story may have been because

Russia had gotten the plans for building a nuclear bomb

Bradbury chooses to tell the story from the perspective of the robotic house computer because

he wanted the house to be the protagonist

The house plays Teasdale's poem which is ironic. It is ironic because

the poem is about the destruction of humans

Personification occurs when a writer

decides to add human qualities to an inanimate object,

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Questions dealing with literary devices, Bradbury's short story, "There Will Come Soft Rains" and technology

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This invention is credited with the explosion of slavery in the U.S. South in the 1800's. It is
the gasoline engine
the use of Jim Crow laws
a cotton epedimic in Britsin
a cotton-picking machine
2
Technological inventions have the capability of making our lives
Timid
Easier
Orderly
Quarrelsome
3
If you wanted to better appreciate this story, you would want to read more about
the history of the atomic bomb
the steps involved in programming a house
the biography of Sara Teasdale
the way to play the game of Bridge
4
One reason Bradbury wrote this story may have been because
the invention of home technology was a new field of interest
the United States were ready to invade Russia
Russia had gotten the plans for building a nuclear bomb
Russia and America went digital
5
Bradbury chooses to tell the story from the perspective of the robotic house computer because
he wanted the house to have sympathy for the dog
he wanted the house to be the protagonist
he wanted the house to feel pain when it died
he wanted the house to be the antagonist
6
Bradbury's theme in this story is to warn us about
the danger of fire
the danger of a robotic house
the danger of technology
the danger of listening to poems
7
All inventions and technological advances are good for mankind. This sentence is an example of
analyzing
stereotyping
generalizing
racism
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The house plays Teasdale's poem which is ironic. It is ironic because
the people are dead and cannot hear the poem
the mother does not even like poetry
the poem is about how the animals miss humans
the poem is about the destruction of humans
9
Personification occurs when a writer
makes a person the main character
decides to add human qualities to an inanimate object,
chooses to give a person a human quality
makes an object have an inanimate quality
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Technological advances today are mainly in the field of
machinery
computers
robotics
technology

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