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Thursday, January 29, 2009

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.

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