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Instructions

Read the text, and then answer the questions that follow.

A Sound of Thunder 
by Ray Bradbury
Fiction 
Published 1952

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Which statement identifies the main theme of the short story?

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Which detail from the text best supports the previous answer?

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Which statement identifies a secondary theme from the story?

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Which evidence best supports your answer to the previous question?

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How are the details of Travis' explanation about how they should behave in the past important to the story's main theme?

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How is Ray Bradbury's, the author, plot development important to the development of the secondary theme?

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How do Eckel's actions while he is in the past develop the plot of the passage?

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Which quote from the text best supports your answer to the previous question?

Complete the plot diagram (Freytag's Pyramid) for A Sound of Thunder.

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11-12 Theme | Central Idea | Plot | Finding Evidence | Summary

11-12 Theme | Central Idea | Plot | Finding Evidence | Summary

A Sound of Thunder

Which statement identifies the main theme of the short story?

Which detail from the text best supports the previous answer?

Which statement identifies a secondary theme from the story?

Which evidence best supports your answer to the previous question?

How are the details of Travis' explanation about how they should behave in the past important to the story's main theme?

How is Ray Bradbury's, the author, plot development important to the development of the secondary theme?

How do Eckel's actions while he is in the past develop the plot of the passage?

Which quote from the text best supports your answer to the previous question?

Write a two to four sentence summary of the story.

A Sound of Thunder

Which statement identifies the main theme of the short story?

Which detail from the text best supports the previous answer?

Which statement identifies a secondary theme from the story?

Which evidence best supports your answer to the previous question?

How are the details of Travis' explanation about how they should behave in the past important to the story's main theme?

How is Ray Bradbury's, the author, plot development important to the development of the secondary theme?

How do Eckel's actions while he is in the past develop the plot of the passage?

Which quote from the text best supports your answer to the previous question?

What is the title of the text?

What is the genre?

What is the exposition?

What is the initiating event?

What is one event in the rising action?

What is another event in the rising action?

What is the climax?

What is an event in the falling action?

What is a another event in the falling action?

What is one more event in the falling action?

What is the resolution?

What is the setting?

What is the author's purpose?

What are some conflicts in the story?

What is a theme from this story?

Write a two to four sentence summary of the story.

What is the title of the text?

What is the genre?

What is the exposition?

What is the initiating event?

What is one event in the rising action?

What is another event in the rising action?

What is the climax?

What is an event in the falling action?

What is a another event in the falling action?

What is one more event in the falling action?

What is the resolution?

What is the setting?

What is the author's purpose?

What are some conflicts in the story?

What is a theme from this story?