Sunday, 25 October 2015

A Sound of Thunder

Read it here.

Make sure you know these words by using them in new sentences to show their meaning.

Comprehension Questions. Answer each in one sentence please.
  1. What are the penalties for disobeying instructions?
  2. What did some people want to do if Deutscher had won the election and why?
  3. What does Travis tell Eckels is the best way to kill a dinosaur?
  4. How many years did the men travel?
  5. What is the antigravity metal path and why must the men stay on it?
  6. What happened to the machine and the mens clothes before they made their journey?
  7. Why do the men wear oxygen helmets?
  8. What is unique about the dinosaurs that the men can shoot?
  9. What does Eckels jokingly pretend to do?
  10. What does Eckels say when he sees the size of the dinosaur?
  11. How do the men know which dinosaurs they can shoot?
  12. What do Billings and Kramer do after the dinosaur is dead?
  13. What does Travis make Eckels do in order to go back with them?
  14. What does Eckels notice about the sign on their return?
  15. What does Eckels find on the bottom of his boots? 
Answer each of the following questions using proper answer form.

1. What is inferred by the 'Sound of Thunder' through most of the story? What is inferred at the end of the story?

2. The author uses a great deal of imagery in the story. Pick an awesome paragraph with at least three good examples and explain how each is used to enhance the storytelling. everyone gets a different paragraph. First come first choice.

Alice - A touch of the hand.....

Krys - Eckels stood smelling of the air....

Petar - Eckels swayed on the padded seat.....

Stan - The Jungle was high and the jungle was broad....

Aylin - 

David - They let themselves be led along the metal path...

Alex - "So what?" Travis snorted quietly....

Leo - The monster at the first motion.....

Anna - Crushing certain plants...

Melissa, Dominic - The tyrant lizard raised itself......

Aleady started bonus

Frazer, Fexy, John, Christopher, Sai - It came on great oiled....


Look at foreshadowing here.
now watch this....



3. There are a number of moments of foreshadowing in the opening of the story (exposition). There are even more throughout the story as a whole. Give at least 5 examples from the whole story and explain what they foreshadow. 

BONUS SECTION

Anaphora Get the definition/explanation from vocabulary.com
give some examlpes from the story.

examples of metaphor

simile

symbolism  from the story.

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