SOUND OF THUNDER STUDY GUIDE

I.
annihilate-destroy utterly
expendable-unneeded
infinitesimally-too small to measure
primeval-ancient
resilient-strong
revoke-to cancel
sheathed-protective covering
subliminal-unconscious
taint-trace
undulate-move with a smooth wavelike motion
foreshadowing-to signal
An example of foreshadowing is when the guide tells Eckels not to panic at the first shot of the T-Rex and he does and it makes the other guides panic.
simile-uses words "like" and "as"
An example of a simile is when Eckels compares Africa to Illinois and uses "like".
metaphor-unstated comparison
An example of a metaphor is when Bradbury compares pterodactyls to night fever.
protagonist-main character
The protagonist is Eckels.
II.
Visited the Time Safari Inc.
10,000 and government action
live in 1492, because Deutscher had worst kind of dictatorship.
6 safari leaders died and 12 hunters were killed
Mr Travis
4 others
2 shots in the eye and then go to the brain