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2. Think about the author of the book **Elephants Under Pressure**: 3. Think about the producer and writer of the video clip **Assignment America**:
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? The subject was how elephants have helped us, humans, in time and their role in society. But, they are now being hunted for their tusks. It is comparing how elephants were treated and acted in the past and how they are now acting and being treated.
 * 2) What symbols did the author use? Some symbols that the author uses are the pictures of how the elephants were somewhat friends with humans until our own kind got greedy and back stabbed them. So, the pictures go in order sort of like a timeline.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? The words that obviously stand out the most are the ones in bold that have a definition on the bottom of the page. But, in my perspective, I believe the word PRESSURE stood out to me in the title. This is because that isn't really literal. Like, Elephants wouldn't really be under pressure. But, it seems like it because since humans started acting differently towards them, it's put them under a sort of pressure and that results to them raiding houses for food and trampling us who have wronged them.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? Some words, like poachers, and hunting for tusks make me look at the human kind a little differently. I mean, I always thought that we were disgusting creatures, but I didn't know that some humans were cold hearted as well.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? Yes, pressure could mean that you put a certain amount of force that is put upon an object and another way to say pressure is stress.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? The voice was somewhat formal but not too formal. By that, I mean that the author didn't use all very long and fancy words. The author was trying to have it seem more informal for our age group and up. But, the voice seemed a bit formal.
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? I would say that the voice was pretty good for the content. It especially made the author look good by acting pretty formal. And, since the book was nonfiction and factual, the voice seemed to fit pretty good.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or word in the book? The most important word that I thought was in the book was "Elephants Under Pressure". That's obviously because it is the title of the book, but it's also because it gives you something to think about. I mean, it's not straight forward so you will start thinking about why that is the title.
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? The subject was a dog and elephant who were best friends, and that dogs usually had a distance between the elephants that they lived with. What was being compared was how all the dogs stayed away from the elephants while Bella actually made best friends with an elephant. I mean, how dogs stayed away and how a dog got near.
 * 2) What symbols did they use? They used a dog and an elephant to represent how friends come in all shapes and sizes.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? The word "Friends" stood out to me, because it's so true. An elephant and a dog being friends isn't a usual pair that would be seen in the world, but they were true friends.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? Inseparable made me look at the characters differently because that's how we really knew that they were friend at first, but we really knew that they were true pals when Bella was sick and it was as if Tara's mind was sick at the same time.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? I guess that neighbor could have more than one meaning because it could mean a neighbor like someone close to you or in a more religious sense it means friend.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? The voice was formal because it was a news reporter, and he had to sound a little formal. But, the caretaker of the elephants and dogs was pretty informal.
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? It was, mainly because it was somewhat a love story and their voices seemed to be very touched, in my opinion.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video? The most important phrase was "Unlikely Friends" because a dog and an elephant wouldn't usually be found hanging out. That was pretty much all that it was about.
 * 9) How did reading **Elephants Under Pressure** give you a better understanding of the story in **Assignment America**? It helped me because I now understand that elephants aren't really being friendly toward humans as of recently, so it's like they're being especially kind toward other species. Well, that's how I see it.

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?