Background and Basics
This is the author of "A Sound of Thunder"
Ray Bradbury
"Figures of speech used in a non-literal way to compare things and create ideas" is the definition I gave you for this.
Figurative language
A ______ is the reason an event happens.
At the start of the story, who won the presidential election: Deutscher or Keith?
Keith
How does Eckels feel when he sees the T-Rex?
He becomes fearful, afraid, regretful, scared, etc.
This is the main character of "A Sound of Thunder."
Eckels
Which of the following is NOT an example of figurative language:
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) None, they ALL are examples
D: They ALL are examples of figurative language
A(n) _____ is an event that happens because of something else.
Effect
Time Safari Inc. makes this in an effort to prevent time travelers from going astray and changing history
The Path
What did Travis want to happen to Eckels as punishment for stepping off the Path? What does he ultimately settle for?
Travis wants to keep Eckels in the past as punishment for potentially changing history.
Ultimately, he settles for Eckels digging the bullets out of the dinosaur
What concept is presented in "A Sound of Thunder?"
Time travel
This evokes images in your head of the story's events. It helps paint a picture of the scene, sometimes using your senses.
Imagery
Identify the cause in this statement: Because the team worked hard in their daily practices, they won the championship at the end of the season.
Because the team worked hard in their daily practices
Why does Mr. Travis say it's a big deal if a single mouse or plant is killed?
There's a chance it could trigger a devastating, disastrous chain of events
What do we found out happened when Eckels stepped off the Path?
He killed a butterfly and altered history
Why is Eckels paying $10,000 to travel back in time?
To hunt a T-Rex
"A story's atmosphere; the feeling a reader gets from the events within the story" is the definition I gave you for this.
Mood
Identify the effect in the following statement: I didn't do enough stretching before the big race; consequently, I suffered a severe cramp halfway through.
I suffered a severe cramp halfway through
How do the time travelers know which animals are safe to hunt?
Lesperance (Travis's assistant) was sent back in time to study the animals and see which ones will die soonest. He then shoots a paint bomb to get red paint on the animal.
Name a change that happened upon the time travelers returning to 2055
1. The spelling of the sign had changed
2. Deutscher has become president
Which of the following about Ray Bradbury is NOT true?
A) He wrote stories in various genres including science fiction, horror, mystery and fantasy
B) He was given a National Medal of Arts
C) He loved technology
D) Some of his other well-known works include Fahrenheit 451 and Dandelion Line
C) He loved technology (He detested it)
Figurative language, imagery, mood, sentence structure and length. These all contribute to this -- the way in which an author writes and describes events in the story
Style
An ultimate form of cause-and-effect. One small change can have an everlasting impact. This is known as this kind of effect.
The Butterfly Effect
Why does Travis telling Eckels repeatedly to stay on the Path end up being a foreshadow?
Eckels ends up stepping off the Path
What is "the sound of thunder" at the end of the story?
A gunshot