A Sound of Thunder

Who is the new "monster" at the end of the story?

• Keith

• Deutscher

• Travis

• Eckels

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Imagery is....

• a vivid description

• a metaphor

• irony

• a flashback

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does Eckels change during the story?

• more confident and assertive

• appreciates nature

• becomes increasingly regretful and remorseful

• becomes cautious and risk-averse

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the significance of the guide's warning to the hunters about staying on the PATH?

• highlights the guide's expertise

• demonstrates the company's commitment to safety

• reflects the guide's own fear and uncertainty

• foreshadows the consequences of Eckel's actions

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Paradox means...

• true but difficult to understand

• unexpected and surprising

• two opposite things happening at the same time

• a dilemma or tough choice

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Delirium means...

• tropical plant

• deep, peaceful sleep

• confusion or disturbance

• vivid imagery experience

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Revoke means...

• to cancel or withdraw

• to modify or change

• to investigate or examine

• to renew or extend

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Expendable means...

• valuable or essential

• unique and irreplaceable

• easily replaced or worth sacrificing

• angry and irrational

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A quote that best characterizes Eckels at the start of the text is...

• "A touch of the hand and this burning would, on the instant, beautifully reverse itself"

• "The stomp of your foot, on one mouse, could cause an earthquake"

• "Unbelievable" Eckels breathed... "A real time machine"

• "We were fools to come"

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Eckels is fascinated with....

• time travel and life and death

• government policy affairs

• gardening

• how much life has changed

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3