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Think about the author of the book **Elephants Under Pressure**: Human and elephants were being compared. The subject is how are the elephants affected and how they are rapidly becoming extinct. Symbols the author used is he organized the book by having bold print to represent a vocabulary word. Also by using pictures and captions to explain information. it is easy to identity facts using different font and prints. Also to draw attention by bigger text and headlines and chapter titles. It is organized and contrasting. Words that are bolded or italicized. Also words that are separated from the body paragraphs like captions and such. These stand out because it causes my eyes to be drawn to the different words and colors. The way the words are located can cause me to look at a picture or a heading. Words such as: set, space, wealth, lead, banging, calves, raid informal, causal it was not addressing anything it was giving information. Yes, the voice was informative and almost persuasive in the sense of informing us that hunting elephants is wrong and illegal.
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared?
 * 1) What symbols did the author use?
 * 1) What words stand out? Why?
 * 1) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?
 * 1) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?
 * 1) Was the voice formal or informal?
 * 1) Was the voice correct for the content?

The most important sentence in the book is the thesis statement, "Throughout history elephants have performed many roles for humans."
 * 1) What is the most important sentence or word in the book?

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip **Assignment America**: The subject of the video was recognizing the friendship between elephants and dogs and how they are diverse. The diversity of animals and the diversity of humans were compared. They used symbols like having the sound of the dog and the elephant. Words that stood out were the words used to describe the animals and the word "friendship" it explains how any two beings can interact and care for one another, it has a deeper meaning. They make me look at the characters or events in a heart warming way because i have an attachment to animals and i think The voice was informal because it was trying to be casual and mainly connect with viewers and get a message across.
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared?
 * 1) What symbols did they use?
 * 1) What words stand out? Why?
 * 1) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?
 * 1) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?
 * 2) Was the voice formal or informal?
 * 1) Was the voice correct for the content?
 * 2) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video?
 * 3) How did reading **Elephants Under Pressure** give you a better understanding of the story in **Assignment America**