last breath post 6

5 comments
-this story was a bout a biker
-she wants to win the race but she is really tired and hot but she does not want to stop because tof the money
-she crashes and she loses consiousness and her temperature starts rising rapidly.
-she vomits repeatedly and has a heatsroke
-when she is finally found the deputy searches for a pulse

4 questions
-wasn't there any cameras watching the race?
-where in the country were they?
-did she live?
-if she did what disabilities might she have?

3 vocabulary words
hemorrhage-a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
sheathing-to enclose in or as if in a casing or covering
vomitus-the act of vomiting

2 literary words
simile- she was as hot as the sun
personification- the sun burned her

1overview sentence
A woman suffers a heatstroke while bike racing down the Appalachian Mountains

Last Breath post 5

5 comments
- Phil is on a boat
-his girlfriend broke up with him because she wanted to settle down
-he sailed right into a storm
-he didnt bring much food
-he survied because his ex-girlfriend had packed him some foood without his knowing.

4 questions
-why didnt he pack extra food?
-what is a scurvy?
-what year is this?
-is his ex-girlfriend married now?

3 vocabulary words
pithy- brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible
scurvy-contemptible; despicable; mean
foliage-the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.

1 Overview Sentence
Phil almost dies after he sets sail with not enough food.

last Breath post 4

5 comments

• dougie and his two friends go snowboarding
• dougie and his friends find a bowl and at first dougie is scared to try it.
• when he finally has the guts he tries it out.
• he loves the feeling of the wind in his hair but then he hears a rumble.
• dougie gets trapped under the avalanche. he is stuck there for a while but luckily he had his tranmitter with him and he was saved.

4 questions

1. does dougie love his child?
2. are jeremy and kayla together?
3. how long would it be until dougie died?
4. howcome the transmitter isn't loud?

3 vocabulary words

1. aficionados-an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast.
2. adhering-to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually fol. by to):
3. reverberated-to reecho or resound

2 literary terms

• the snow wrapped itself around my hands and feet.
• the snow was a blanket bounding me tighlty.

1 overview sentence

dougie and his friends go snowboarding and dougie hets caught in an avalanche but he is saved just in the nick of time.

LAst Breath post 3

5 comments

1. a group of girls go hiking up a mountain.
2. adrian gets mountian sickness.
3. all her other friends decide to try to go down the mountsin slowly with her.
4. a group of indians that live on the mountin come to help them when the storm comes
5. adrian dies and her friends are really upset.

4 questions

• did they have telephones with them?
• did adrian have any family?
• what did they do to her body after she died?
• will they ever go mountain climbing again?

3 vocabulary words

• whapped-verb (used with object), verb (used without object), whapped, whap⋅ping, noun
• tangible-capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial
• edema-effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavitie

2 literary terms

1. the story was very descriptive about the way the mountains affect the lungs
2. simile- adrian was as pale as a sheet of paper

1 overview sentence

this story was about a group of girls who go climbing a mountain and they return with one less person.

LAst Breath post 2

5 comments

• 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

5 comments

• 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.