"There Will Come Soft Rains"
He is the author of "There Will Come Soft Rains."
Who is Ray Bradbury?
He is the author of "The Last Leaf."
Who is O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)?
He is the author of "The Model Millionaire."
Who is Oscar Wilde?
This item was a symbol of Johnsy's mindset as to her willingness to live or not.
What is a leaf?
This is the setting for "There Will Come Soft Rains."
What is August 4-5, 2026 (future) in the suburbs.
This is the setting of "The Last Leaf."
What is late 19th century, Holland Park (London)?
*past, city
"The dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores, moved in and through the house, tracking mud."
This is called imagery because of...
What are the use of sensory details?
This was an external conflict in "There Will Come Soft Rains."
What is nature vs. technology? *the smart house vs. strong wind/tree crashing through and starting the fire; the dog vs. the nuclear bomb/radiation
This was an external conflict in "The Last Leaf."
What is Johnsy was sick with pneumonia?
This was an external conflict in "The Model Millionaire."
What is Hughie was poor?
"The house shuddered,...its nerves revealed as if a surgeon had torn the skin off to let the red veins and capillaries quiver in the scalded air."
*This is an example of this literary device.
What is a simile?
"At ten o'clock, the house began to die. The wind blew. A falling tree bough crashed through the kitchen window. Cleaning solvent, bottled, shattered over the stove. The room was ablaze in an instant!"
In a plot (events), this would be considered the...
What is the climax?
This was an internal conflict in "The Last Leaf."
What is Johnsy felt hopeless and didn't believe she would survive?
This is the internal conflict of "The Model Millionaire."
What is whether Hughie should give some of his money to the beggar or not?
"In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the colony, touching one here and there with his icy fingers."
This is an example of this type of literary device.
What is personification?
This was the only remnant of the house at the end of "There Will Come Soft Rains."
What is the mechanical voice? *the mechanical or smart voice that repeated the date over and over again
This character heroically saved Johnsy.
Who is Old Behrman?
This character would unknowingly help Hughie in his times of trouble.
"...look out the window, dear, at the last ivy leaf on the wall. Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew? Ah, darling, it's Behrman's masterpiece--he painted it there the night that the last leaf fell."
This is an example of this literary device.
What is irony?