LAst Breath post 2

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• this second story is about a college kid named Matt who loves to kayak
• he and his friends go somewhere in China to the best river ever.
• all his friends dont think it is a good idea to try it but Matt does and eventually falls into the river hole
• he is stuck there for awhile and the book goes trough how much breath is left in in his body.
• Matt eventually starts going crazy because the water keeps pushing him down and Matt eventually dies.

4 questions

• i thought this book was about near death experience, why did he die?
• why did his friends wait so long to get help?
• were they even aware at first that he was unable to resurface?
• did the Chinese officer even care?

3 vocabulary words
polypropylene-used chiefly for molded parts, electrical insulation, packaging, and fibers for wearing apparel.
inexorably-unyielding; unalterable:
anaerobic-pertaining to or caused by the absence of oxygen

2 literary terms
simile-the way it flows around obstacles like rocks
simile-pressure inside his chest, almost like an infalting balloon.

1 overview sentence
Matt's dream vacation is now the cause of his death he probably woul not want to die anywhere else.

Last Breath post 1

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• this particular story is about peter i think.
• he is drving home in freeznig cold weather
• his car slams into a snowbank and he gets out of his car to try and ski the rest of the way.
  
• unfortunatley he doesn't make it far and his temp begins to drop until he blacksout.
• he is found and has to be put in warm water and has to have warm fluids flow through him.

4 questions

• why didn' he just stay in the car?
• why din't he have his cellphone with him again?
• when would he have died if he wasn't found when he was?
• was his jeep a four wheel drive?

3 vocabulary words

sternum- the ventral surface of a body segment of an arthropod.
apathy-absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
stupor-suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc

2 literary terms

• personification- dead silence
• simile-fear is a concept that floats somewhere beyond your immediate reach, like that numb hand lying naked in the snow.

1 overview sentence

Peter starts of his book with his own personal death experience one frigid winter's day.

I HAVE A NEW BOOK! LAST BREATH

LAST BREATH by Peter Stark is about people who have near death experiences. Most of them occur on the slopes. i have already read a couple of pages and it is really good.