1. A Matter of Life or Death
Collection 5 Overview
A Matter of Life or Death

2. Turn to page 305 in your textbook
Analyze this quote:
“To endure what is unendurable is true endurance.”
- Japanese proverb
What does endurance mean?
What is a proverb?
What do you think this quote means to say? Write it in your own words.

3. “To endure what is unendurable is true endurance.”
Pg. 305
Analyze this quote:
“To endure what is unendurable is true endurance.”
- Japanese proverb
What does endurance mean? (noun) the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions
What is a proverb?
(noun) a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses a profound or wise saying
3. What do you think this quote means to say? Write it in your own words.
Answer is in your own words.

4. Look at the picture on page 305
Analyze the picture:
What about this picture relates to the collection’s theme of being a matter of life or death?
In your own words, write at least three sentences explaining how the picture relates to the theme.
(We will share as a class)

5. Terms for this unit:
Sensory Language- precise words and phrases to create powerful images that appeal to the reader’s senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste)
Repetition- the use of a word or phrase again and again for emphasis
Parallelism- the repetition of the same grammatical structure to show that two or more ideas and similar or equally important (usually two ideas connected by the word “and”)
Tone- this is the author’s attitude toward the subject. This is shown through word choices, images they create, and subjects they explore
Tone examples = anger, disappointment, excitement, adoration

6. Terms for this unit: Look at page 353
Theme- the central message or idea (It’s tricky! There can sometimes be more than one theme)
Imagery- descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader (ex: “corpse-filled wagons”)
Can cause a strong emotional response
Denotation- the dictionary meaning of the word
Ex: Ratchet (n) = a toothed bar with which a pawl engages
Connotation- meanings that go beyond the dictionary definition; subjective meanings
Ex: Ratchet (n)= “A diva, mostly from urban cities and ghettos, that has reason to believe she is every mans eye candy. Unfortunately, she's wrong” (urbandictionary.com)

7. Analyze the clip: What does endurance mean?
The Impossible
What does endurance mean?
If you were to write a proverb as a lesson based on this clip, what would you write?
“To endure what is unendurable is true endurance.”- Japanese proverb
How do you think this quote applies to this clip?
What is the tone of this clip?

8. ANALYZING A FILM CLIP IS JUST LIKE ANALYZING A POEM!
Guess what?
ANALYZING A FILM CLIP IS JUST LIKE ANALYZING A POEM!

9. Let’s analyze this poem:
Turn to page 351 in your textbook
We are going to:
Learn about the author
Read the poem together
Look at the terms and what we can find in the poem
Answer some questions at the end to show off our skills
(Next slide = explains some terms)

10. Terms you may not know:
Socialism: a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies
a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
Communism: a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property