1. Reading Log Notes: from “Into Thin Air”
Literary Terms:
Suspense----
The anxiety we feel about the upcoming events in a story.
Cause and Effect---
A cause is the reason why something happens.
An effect is the result of something that has happened.

2. Reading Log Notes: from “Into Thin Air”
Literary terms (cont.):
Imagery---
Language that appeals to the senses
{sight, smell, touch, hearing, or taste}

3. Reading Log Notes: from “Into Thin Air”
Highlight questions:
What happened to Karkauer’s remaining oxygen?
---Harris mistakenly opened the valve fully, although he meant to close it.
What effect could Weather’s attempt to conceal his eye problem have on the other members? (cause and effect)

4. Reading Log Notes: from “Into Thin Air”
Highlight questions:
Name some examples of situational irony that occur in this selection.
Expect Hall to live…he dies
Expect Weathers to die…he lives

5. Reading Log Notes: from “Into Thin Air”
Discussion:
What do you think?
Pg. 518 “…Climbing mountains will never be a safe, predictable, rule-bound enterprise….what happened on Everest this season is certain to happen again.”