It starts out in 2055, at Time Safari, Inc. Then it shifts to the era of the Tyrannosaurus Rex (60 million B.C.), where they are to hunt it. Then it shifts back to 2055, to shop now named "TYME SEFARI, INC", the same place, different timeline and spelling.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
the year the story takes place is 2055
At the end of the story Eckels die.
science fiction / time travel
it could reach up and grab the moon.
"A Sound of Thunder" is a science fiction short story written by Ray Bradbury. It was first published in 1952.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
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the year the story takes place is 2055
The onomatopoeia in "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury is the sound of the gun firing. The word "BANG" is used in the story to represent this loud noise.
At the end of the story Eckels die.
science fiction / time travel
it could reach up and grab the moon.
A sound of thunder can refer to both the booming noise of the dinosaur and the shot that Travis fires that kills Eckels at the end of the story. As an expression, 'the sound of thunder', as described in the essay linked below, written or spoken is used to illustrate the power of something coming as the sound of thunder foretells a coming storm.
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Thunder is the sound of lightning, because lightning moves faster then sound it takes a few seconds for the sound to catch up. So there is no sound of thunder, thunder is just the sound of lightning.
Generally in the beginning of the story, exposition refers to the establishment of the setting and characters of the piece.