Wednesday, November 7, 2018

sound of thunder questions (II)


  1. What are some examples of personification giving human characteristics from the text?
  2. What does Travis mean with his comment, "that's stretching luck"?
  3. In the story of "A Sound of Thunder," what things have changed since the men travelled into the past?
  4. Who is the President in 2055?
  5. What are some things that have changed when the group of men came back from the safari? What different meanings can you give the story's title? 
  6. What is the sound of thunder at the end of the story?  Can you think of more than one possibility?
  7. What is the main conflict in Ray Bradbury's, "A Sound of Thunder"? 
  8. Why do you think Travis is annoyed with Eckels? 
  9. In "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury, is it fair for Eckels to die? 
  10. What are three examples of characterization in "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury? 
  11. How does Eckels react when he confronts the dinosaur? 
  12. What did Eckels do in the past that has far-reaching consequences in "A Sound of Thunder"? 
  13. What future technology does Bradbury include in "A Sound of Thunder"? 
  14. What does the change in election results suggest about how American society has been altered?

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