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A Sound Of Thunder Scavenger Hunt (Similes (“... to crush them like…
A Sound Of Thunder Scavenger Hunt
Personification
“Time steps aside.” (Page 5)
“The sign on the wall seemed to quaver...” (Page 1)
Foreshadowing
“We might need it. I'm warning you, Eckels, I might kill you yet. I've got my gun ready." (Page 10)
“Stay on the Path. Don't go off it. I repeat. Don't go off. For any reason! If you fall off, there's a penalty.” (Page 3)
Smell
"The stink of raw flesh blew down the wilderness." (Page 7)
“Far birds' cries blew on a wind, and the smell of tar and an old salt sea, moist grasses, and flowers the color of blood.” (Page 3)
“Eckels stood smelling of the air, and there was a thing to the air, a chemical taint so subtle...” (Page 11)
Touches
Eckels felt himself fall into a chair. He fumbled crazily at the thick slime on his boots.” (Page 11)
“His flesh twitched. His hands twitched. He stood drinking the oddness with the pores of his body.” (Page 11)
“He felt the trembling in his arms and he looked down and found his hands tight on the new rifle.” (Page 2)
Similes
“... to crush them like berries” (Page 7/8)
“There was a sound like a gigantic bonfire burning of all Time” (Page 1)
“... exposing a fence of teeth like daggers” (Page 6)
“...arms with hands which might pick up and examine men like toys...” (Page 6)
“Its armored flesh glittered like a thousand green coins.” (Page 7)
Metaphors
“And the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone...” (Page 6)
“Its boulderstone eyes eyes leveled with the men.” (Page 8)
“Each lower leg was a piston...” (Page 6)
“It was like standing by a wrecked locomotive or steam shovel at quitting time...” (Page 8)
“A great evil god” (Page 6)
Sights
“It ran with a gliding ballet step, far too poised and balanced for its ten tons.” (Page 6)
“The Tyrant Lizard raised itself. Its armored flesh glittered like a thousand green coins. The coins, crusted with slime, steamed.” (Page 7)
“It towered thirty feet above half of the trees, a great evil god, folding its delicate watchmaker's claws close to its oily reptilian chest.” (Page 6)
Sounds
“The Monster roared, teeth glittering with sun. The rifles cracked again, their sound was lost in shriek and lizard thunder." (Page 7)
“The jungle was silent. After the avalanche, a green peace.” (Page 8)
“There was a sound of thunder.” (Page 12)
Theme
Little things can change a lot.