Study Guide

Study Guide for Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder” I. VOCABULARY: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they appear in the story or appear in the story or class discussion. expendable: to be used only once
infinitesimally: Extremely small
Primeval: resembling the earliest ages of the history of the world
Resilient: able to recover quickly from difficult situations
 revoke: take away
Sheathed: put weapon in protective covering
subliminal: below the threshold of sensation or consciousness
taint: trace of bad quality
undulate: move with a smooth wave like motion
 II. LITERARY TERMS: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the story. foreshadowing: warning or indication (a future event)
Describe what is foreshadowed in the story: Eckles being warned of not going out of the path or he will change time.
 simile:
example:
 metaphor:
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protagonist
Who is the protagonist of this story? The protagonist of the story is Eckles.
 QUESTIONS: Answer the following questions.
1. What company does Eckels visit? Eckles goes to Time Safari, Inc.
2. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions? $10,000 fine for disobeying
3. About what is Eckels thankful?
4. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why? people would want to go live in 1492 to form safaris.
5. What does the man behind the desk tell Eckels happened last year that makes Eckels think about going on the safari? 6 safari leaders and a dozen hunters died last year
6. Who is the Safari Leader?Mr.Travis is the safari leader
7. How many people besides Eckels are on the trip? Name them. Travis, Lesperance, Billings and Kramer
8. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur? Best wqay to kill a dinosaur is to shoot its eyes first
9. When the hunters arrive at their destination, what does Travis tell them hasn’t happened yet in history? He said Christ hasn't been born yet.
10. How many years did the men travel?the men traveled sixty million two thousand and fifty-five years
11. What is the antigravity metal path and why must the men stay on it? That is the Path
12. What happened to the machine and the men’s clothes before they made their journey?
13. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets?
14. What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot? The dinosaurs are marked with red paint
15. What is a paradox? Where you can't meet yourself somewhere that you've be tricked to beige
16. What does Eckels jokingly pre
17. How does the reader know Eckels is afraid? He gets scared and goes off the path
18. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur? He sees how big the dinosaur is, the size of a building
19. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot? The dinosaur is marked with red paint
20. Where was Eckels on his way to when he stepped off the path? He was on his way back into the time machine
21. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead? They told eckels to clean himself up
22. What does Lesperance offer Billings and Kramer that they turn down?
23. What does Travis tell Eckels they are going to do to him? Leave him in the past
24. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them? Take the bullets out of the dinosaur
25. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return? The words are spelled differently
26. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots? He stepped on a butterfly
27. What does Eckels learn about the election? The person who won before they went to the past lost when he returned to the future
28. What is the reader to infer that Travis does to Eckels? Travis shoots eckels.

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