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(How does the story start?) || The story starts out with Gus at school and his teacher asks his class to bring in a picture of something that they're thankful for. Gus was thankful for many things and didn't know what to choose. || The story starts with a reporter at an elephant sanctuary. They are talking about how the elephants all have their own friends whom they spend their days with. We then find out that the odd couple we're talking about is an elephant and a dog || The story begins on how throughout history how elephants have been used by humans and how throughout history they have been treated. || (What has changed?) || Gus's problem has been solved and he has made a new friend || The elephant and the dog are now closer together. || Elephants are still getting unjust treatment, but some measures are being taken in and they are now receiving the help they need. Slowly, but surely. ||
 * || Happy Thanksgiving Gus ... || Assignment America ... || Elephants Under Pressure ... ||
 * What is the opening situation?
 * What is the problem of challenge that is posed? || Gus doesn't know what to choose for what he's thankful for because he has so many things that he's thankful for. || The dog becomes sick and has to stay in bed for over a month. The elephant and the dog ate then serparated for a while. They both become lonely. || The problem here is that elephants and humans are struggling to coexist together around the world. Whether it be that the humans don't have enough land for their property. Then that leaves elephant have no room to roam freely and migrate. ||
 * How is the challenge resolved, if it is? || Gus is thankful for his new friend Mr.T. He takes a picture with his new friend and brings it back to school the following week. || The dog's owner carriers her down the stairs and down to the caged area so that her elephant friend can visit her everyday so that neither of them are lonely without their companion. || People are slowly trying to coexist with the animals. The animals don't really get any justice here, but we are now more aware of the situation. ||
 * How is the closing situation different to the opening situation?
 * Do you see the story from one character's point of view? How is this achieved? || Yes, because we are not told about Billy's POV. || It is told from the POV of a human. || INo. ||

2. Think about the author of the book Elephants Under Pressure:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared?
 * 2) What symbols did the author use?
 * 3) What words stand out? Why?
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal?
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content?
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book?

3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip Assignment America:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared?
 * 2) What symbols did they use?
 * 3) What words stand out? Why?
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way?
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning?
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal?
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content?
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video?
 * 9) How did reading Elephants Under Pressure give you a better understanding of the story in Assignment America?


 * PART TWO ANSWERS.**


 * 1) The subject of the story were how the elephants were in danger. What is being compared is how we used to treat elephants and how we treat them now.
 * 2) The author used many pictures to represent the extremity of how the animals were being abused or treated. They also used little bubbles for captions to explain what was going on in the image.
 * 3) The bold words stand out because they are colored and they are defined at the bottom of the page.
 * 4) If the words are italized, in bold, or in color, it makes me pay more attention to them.
 * 5) Yes, some words have more than one meaning. The meaning could be something simple as 'society' which way you interpret it can change how you look at the story.
 * 6) The voice was formal because it was used to educate people in the subject.
 * 7) I believe the voice was correct for the content because it helped us get into the mind of the elephants and feel more empathy for them
 * 8) I don't have a particular word or sentence, but just the part where their tusks are being used as ivory and cut off of them. By doing so they are killing the elephants for material items.


 * PART THREE ANSWERS**


 * 1) The subject were the dog and the elephant. Human relationships among friends were being compared.
 * 2) They used images of the elephant and the dog getting along together and walking along side each other to make the person feel like they are close friends. Sort of like a human to human relationship.
 * 3) The words that the narrator emphasises stand out more
 * 4) They get you to look at them in a particular way depending on how the narrator says it.
 * 5) Not that I recognized.
 * 6) I think the voice was informal to make us feel a little more empathy and less formal and get more comfortable with the animals and get a feel for what they were going through. Yet at the same time it was formal enough for it to be broadcasted on television.
 * 7) I beleive the voice was great for the content. It put emphasis on things that needed to be emphasized, but showed little remose for the animals and stated the part where the dog got sick less that helped and made us feel as if the animals needed out help.
 * 8) I believe the most important phrase is where the reporter says that America should take a good look at the animals and how they act and that we should be more like them.
 * 9) I think it gave me a better understanding because elephants are just like humans. They also need companionship and feel lonely without their friends. It made me feel as if the animals had feelings and felt sorry.

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?
 * Visual clues can give us some insight on the story and how the character sees the situation
 * Audio, music in particular, can change people's emotions. If music is eery and dark, the person is scared. If the music is calm it makes the person feel calmer and less stressed about the situaton.
 * Visual clues can give us some insight on the story and how the character sees the situation
 * Audio, music in particular, can change people's emotions. If music is eery and dark, the person is scared. If the music is calm it makes the person feel calmer and less stressed about the situaton.
 * Visual clues can give us some insight on the story and how the character sees the situation
 * Audio, music in particular, can change people's emotions. If music is eery and dark, the person is scared. If the music is calm it makes the person feel calmer and less stressed about the situaton.