1. “A Sound of Thunder”
Vocabulary

2. Essential Question
What literary devices and vocabulary do I need to become familiar with to better understand “A Sound of Thunder”?

3. style
The author’s word choice, or diction.

4. mood
The atmosphere of the story.

5. cause
the reason something happens

6. effect
the result of the cause

7. annihilate
To destroy or wipe out.

8. expendable
Worth sacrificing to gain an objective.

9. depression
A major economic downturn; sadness.

10. paradox
Something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities.

11. delirium
Extreme mental disturbance, often accompanied by hallucinations (seeing things that are not there).

12. resilient
Able to return quickly to its original state after being stretched or compressed; elastic.

13. remit
Return payment.

14. revoke
Cancel; withdraw.

15. primeval
Primitive; of the earliest times.

16. subliminal
Below the level of awareness.