Remember, imagery is when words and phrases are used that are meant to appeal to your five senses in order to help you further experience a story. So, any time you see something in "A Sound of Thunder" that lets you better hear, see, smell, or taste (gross) something in the story, well, you've got imagery!
Here are some examples:
"the sign burned in this momentary darkness" (burning appeals to your sense of touch)
"Eckels glanced across the vast office at a mass and tangle, a snaking and humming of wires and steel boxes, at an aurora that flickered now orange, now silver, now blue." (helps you to better see the story)
"The Machine roared...The Machine slowed; its scream fell to a murmur" (appeals to sense of hearing.)
"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." (this is a great one...it appeals to sense of hearing, smell, and sight! The mother-lode!)
So, there you've got it. One of the great things about Bradbury is his rich use of language, and you can't read one of his stories without tripping over the use of imagery.
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