A Sound of Thunder Flashcards
annihilate
to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate
expendable
not strictly necessary; dispensable
infinitesimally
to an incalculably small degree
primeval
belonging to the 1st ages
resilient
able to endure adversity w/out cracking
revoke
to cancel/invalidate by w/drawing or reversing
sheathed
put into a sheath/scabbard/holster
subliminal
belo the threshold of conscious perception, especially if still ableto produce a response
taint
to contaminate/corrupt with an external agent, either physically/morally
undulate
to cause to move in a wavelike motion
correlate
to establish a mutual or reciprocal relation between
malfunctioning
failing to function properly
paradox
a counterintuitive conclusion or outcome
stagnating
ceasing motion, activity, or progress
foreshadowing
a writer’s use of hint/clues in early scenes to suggest events that will occur later
describe what is foreshadowed in the story
“Does this safari guarantee I come back alive” and all the talk of probably death foreshadows death, or at least near death.
The talk abt Deutscher foreshadows something to do with him
“we don’t want anyone going who’ll panic at the first shot” foreshadows that someone(most likely Eckels) will panic
Eckels’ nervousness before the hunt began also foreshadows a panic attack from him
simile
the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
uses “like” or “as”
simile example
“sheathed over in a gleam of pebbled skin like the mail of a terrible warrior”
“like a sleepwalker”
“like so many chess pieces blown in a dry wind”
“like a gigantic bonfire burning all of Time”
“like golden salamanders”
“like Chinese boxes”
metaphor
a word/phrase is applied to an obj/action to which it is not literally applicable
metaphor example
“time was a film run backward”
“gigantic bats of delirium & night fever”
“a great evil god”
“each lower leg was a piston”
protagonist
the main character of the story
Eckels
antagonist
the character/force the protagonist struggles against & must overcome
time
setting
the time, place, physical details & circumstances in which a situation occurs
around A.D.2055 in the Time Safari office
all times in time machine
around 67-65 million years ago, toward the end of the Mesozoic Era in what is now western North America, at the time an island continent identified as Laramidia
back around A.D. 2055 in the subtly changed but still very different office
mood
the atmosphere that pervades a literary work with the intention of evoking a certain emotion/feeling from the audience