Bradbury, Atwood & Jones

What genre or genres best classify "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

"The girl's hair is arrayed in curls...a large notebook worthy of someone in high school...several pencils" (23-24).

In what year was "There Will Come Soft Rains" published?

What types of symbolic elements are mentioned during the children's hour at four-thirty? (114)

What word/s do you associate with the term author's craft?

Describe the protagonist's mother's new look in paragraph 18.

The bread in paragraph two is ____________.

What did the sick dog track into the house?

"The First Day" may be classified as a realistic short story.

How did the mice react to the sick dog tracking mud in the house?

What happened at 2:30 in the house?

What word/s from the Teasdale poem is essential to understanding the short story?

What genre best classifies the essay, "Bread"?

The bread in paragraph three is _____________.

What tone best describes the breakfast excerpt in the exposition of the short story?

What allusion to a famous poet is included in paragraph 41 on page 114?

Why did the protagonist immediately like Walker-Jones Elementary?

What lit. technique? "My shoes are my greatest joy, black patent-leather miracles..." (22)

What lit. device? "...you can see the bread...But can you trust it?" (16)

How are the women who greet the protagonist and her mother described?

What is a reading strategy that you apply to improve your comprehension and analysis skills?

Tone? "...old-maidenly preoccupation with self-protection which bordered on a mechanical paranoia" (113)

In paragraph one of "Bread", the bread is ____________.

What did the protagonist's mother like about Seaton Elementary?

What inference can be made based upon the Sara Teasdale poem? (114-115)