A Sound of Thunder
Across
- 5. The type of weapon used by the safari members to ensure a successful hunt.
- 7. Eckels and Travis use this machine to travel through time.
- 9. Exceedingly small.
- 10. To stare with an open mounth.
- 12. The person in charge of the time safari.
- 14. Capable of bouncing back into shape after being stretched, bent, or compressed.
- 18. The guide who accompanies the hunters.
- 19. The main character who panics during the safari.
- 20. A statement that seems contradictory (opposite) but is actually true
- 22. The president at the beginning of the story.
- 23. The insect that Travis stepped on.
- 26. The first change Eckles noticed when he returned from the Safari excursion.
Down
- 1. The name of the company that offers time travel safaris.
- 2. Hints/clues the author gives about an event that will occur later in the story.
- 3. The type of dinosaur the characters are supposed to hunt.
- 4. The author of A Sound of Thunder last name.
- 6. One of the minor characters in A sound of Thunder; he was apart of the Safari excursion.
- 8. To move in a wave-like motion.
- 11. The term for the time period the characters visit on their safari.
- 13. The president at the end of the story; considered a dictator.
- 15. Not worth keeping.
- 16. The significant consequence of Eckels' actions.
- 17. What type of figurative language is: Its eyes rolled, ostrich eggs, empty of all expression save hunger.
- 21. Violent excitement or emotion.
- 24. The number of brains a dinosaur has according to Eckles.
- 25. What the characters are warned not to step off of during the safari.