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2. Think about the author of the book **Elephants Under Pressure**:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? Elephants in captivity. Elephants in captivity and elephants in the wild
 * 2) What symbols did the author use? numbers and elephants.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? The numbers of elephants because it shows the difference in number and the reason is us humans
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? One picture shows a pile of tusk and the paragraph says that humans kill the elephants for there tusk and then i look at the people in the picture and ask myself why are they doing this.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? NO
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? Informal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? YES
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book? Most scientist believe poaching reduces the number of elephants with tusk.

Think about the producer and writer of the video clip **Assignment America**:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? A weird couple, it doesn't matter your color or heritage you can be together.
 * 2) What symbols did they use? The size and what kind of animal they are.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? relationship. Because it explains how anyone of any kind can be together
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? when it said stuff about how the dog and the elephant get along i look at the elephant and the dog touching feet.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? no
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? formal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? yes
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video? IT doesn't matter how you look or do things the way you do things you can be together.
 * 9) How did reading **Elephants Under Pressure** give you a better understanding of the story in **Assignment America**? It told you how elephants behave and how they act and it is different than most relationships compared to the ones in EUP

4. Answer the following questions using examples from this assignment.
 * What are similar reading strategies that can be applied to different subject areas and to different media?
 * How can visual clues help to decode the meaning of the story?
 * How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story?