Literary elements

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

Literary elements