He is the character in "A Sound of Thunder" who changes the present by stepping on a butterfly in the past.
Who is Eckels?
100
This is the setting most often used in science fiction, and indeed in "The Pedestrian" and "A Sound of Thunder."
What is the future?
100
This is one possible theme for "Masque of the Red Death."
What is "You cannot escape death?"
100
Both the eerie ringing of the clock and the red windows in the black room are examples of this technique. In other words, the reader expects something bad to happen in that room.
What is foreshadowing?
100
Both "A Sound of Thunder" and "The Pedestrian" are this genre.
What is science fiction?
200
He is the character in "A Sound of Thunder" who shoots Eckels in the end.
Who is Travis?
200
This setting for this story is in the future, a time in which robots rule and talking cars can arrest people.
What is the Pedestrian?
200
This is a term often confused with theme, which means "a lesson taught." Sometimes a theme is this but not always.
What is a moral?
200
An author can create this using setting, descriptive language, and dialogue. These elements help the readers feel like are part of the story.
What is mood?
200
This is the real-life ailment on which "Masque of the Red Death" was based.
What is the black death (bubonic plague)?
300
She is the main character in Shirley Jackson's "The Possibility of Evil" who is known for her beautiful roses and later for her sinister letters.
Who is Miss Strangeworth?
300
These are the two components of setting.
What is when and where?
300
One way authors hint at the theme to readers is through the use of this technique, which involves making references to historical people, places, events, and works of art.
What is an allusion?
300
This technique involves the narration of past events to reveal present truths and insights.
What is flashback?
300
This is the scientific theory to which Bradbury alluded in "A Sound of Thunder" which states that one minor event can cause a disaster.
What is the butterfly effect?
400
In "Masque of the Red Death," the stranger in the crowd who ended up killing the prince with this weapon.
What is a sword or dagger?
400
This is where they go hunting in "A Sound of Thunder."
What is Africa?
400
One possible theme for this story is that being different from everyone else in society can cause problems for you.
What is "The Pedestrian"?
400
This is a story within a story, used in "Masque of the Red Death."
What is an allegory?
400
****Picture clue**** This is the author of many classic American stories.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
500
This is the Prince's name in "The Masque of the Red Death."
Who is Prince Prospero?
500
This is century in which "Masque of the Red Death was set.
What is the 14th?
500
This is never the theme of any story, yet many students confused theme with this term, which is really just a description of the plot.
What is a summary?
500
In "A Sound of Thunder," the butterfly served as this, representing one small mistake that caused a change in the whole world.
What is a symbol?
500
This kind of irony is exhibited when Mrs. Strangeworth drops her letter to the Cranes (new parents), and the teenagers who find it think it might be good news and decide to deliver it to them.