"There Will Come Soft Rains" Review

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Across
  1. 1. One of the breakfast items the house continues to cook even though no one is there to eat.
  2. 4. Handled or controlled in a skillful manner; the way the house managed its various systems.
  3. 6. The last name of the family that used to live in the automated house.
  4. 8. The house reads a ____ by Sara Teasdale.
  5. 9. The location of the "brain" or central control system of the house.
  6. 11. A literary device giving human qualities to the house. ALLITERATION – A literary device using the repetition of beginning sounds of words.
  7. 13. Moved with a light, irregular, or trembling motion; describing the way the house’s papers or birds moved.
  8. 14. The type of war or explosion that wiped out the human population.
  9. 16. The last name of the author of “There Will Come Soft Rains”.
  10. 17. The "cleansing" force that eventually destroys the house after a tree limb falls.
  11. 18. The only living creature that enters the house before eventually dying.
  12. 19. Shaking or quivering slightly; used to describe a nervous, scared energy.
Down
  1. 2. The state where the story is set.
  2. 3. The white outlines left on the side of the house representing the family's final moments.
  3. 5. In a very careful or finely-judged manner; how the mechanical mice swept the floors.
  4. 7. The automated house takes care of itself by __________ to the different chores.
  5. 10. The number of family members that once lived in the house.
  6. 12. Visually descriptive or figurative language used to create a picture inside the reader’s mind while reading.
  7. 15. Rang out; used to describe the clocks announcing the time.