Key Events
The house keeps functioning even though ____ killed the family that lived there.
What is a nuclear explosion?
The story takes place on this date.
What is August 4, 2026?
The story was written in this time period.
What is 1950/ during the Cold War?
The title of the story came from here.
What is the first line of the poem?
These marks outside the wall were the only remains of the family.
What are their silhouettes/shadows?
The house is located in this state, which is also the setting.
California.
Bradbury uses _______ to give the house human traits.
What is personification?
The poem has this many stanzas.
What is six?
This animal enters the house and later dies.
The main character in the story.
Bradbury makes an allusion by including this other literary work in the story.
What is the poem by Sara Teasdale?
The poem says nature will react this way if humans disappeared.
What is not notice/not care?
This accident starts the fire that destroys the house.
What is a tree crashing through the window and spilling solvent on the stove?
The author of the story.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
This story is an example of an ____ because it represents the political setting in 1950.
What is an allegory.
Both the poem and story express the common ______ that war is pointless and humans won't be missed if they self-destruct.
What is theme?