A Sound of Thunder Vocab PPT

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A Sound of Thunder by Ray
Bradbury
Foreshadowing
 When the author uses clues or hints to inform the
reader of what might come next.
Suspense
 A feeling the reader gets in anticipation of what
might happen next.
Mood
 The feeling the reader gets while reading. The tone,
descriptive words and setting can evoke certain
feelings in a reader which is mood.
 “The night was dark and stormy with only a faint
light visible from the waning moon.
 What would be the mood
of the above sentence?
Prediction
 An active reading strategy where the reader uses
clues to make a guess about what might happen next.
#5
Annihilate (verb)
TO DESTROY COMPLETELY;
WIPE OUT
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Expendable (adj)
UNNECCESARY; SOMETHING
THAT IS ABLE TO BE USED UP
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Infinitesimally (adj)
IN STEPS SO SMALL IT IS
IMMEASURABLE
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Resilient (adj)
CAPABLE OF BOUNCING BACK
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Sheathed (adj)
ENCLOSED IN A PROTECTIVE
COVERING
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Undulate (verb)
TO MOVE IN WAVES OR A
SMOOTH WAVELIKE MOTION
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Revoke (verb)
TO CANCEL OR WITHDRAW;
TAKE BACK
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#12
Primevil (adj)
BELONGING TO THE EARLIEST
TIMES OR AGES
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Taint (noun)
A TRACE OF SOMETHING THAT
SPOILS OR CORRUPTS
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Subliminal (adj)
BELOW CONSCIOUS
PERCEPTION; UNDERNEATH
OR SUBCONSCIOUS
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Question for the group:
AT YOUR TABLE,
DISCUSS WHERE YOU WOULD
GO IF TIME TRAVEL WERE
POSSIBLE. BACK IN TIME? TO
THE FUTURE? MAKE A LIST OF
YOUR TOP 3 TIME PERIODS.
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