Literary Devices
"In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh"
What is Auditory Imagery
What is the robotic mice.
The dogs entrance
Rising action
The last thing said at the end of the book.
What is "Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is...."
Who cooks breakfast
The stove
August 4-5, 2026
Theme of the Nursery
What is Animals/ Nature
What where the 5 spots of paint?
What is, "the man, the woman, the children, the ball."
The house
What is Setting
What is on the outside of the house and what does it do?
What is the weather box. What is sings "rain, rain, go away: rubbers, raincoats for today...."
"The pump shrugged to a stop"
What is Personification
Title alludes to this
Sara Teasdale poem
The dog was _____ when he left the house but was ___ when he got back
healthy / bone and sores
The tone
Melancholy
What came to life in the nursery due to the fire
The animals
Allusion to atomic bomb
What is the shadows on the side of the house
Who tell us what day it is
The clock
The fire occuring
What is climax
What did the wall sprays release?
"Mechanical" rain