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2. Think about the author of the book **Elephants Under Pressure**: >
 * 1) What was the subject? What was being compared? The subject was the relationships between elephants and humans. It compares how elephants used to be treated and how they are treated now.
 * 2) What symbols did the author use? The author used colors that contrasted from the elephants.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? Elephants because that's what the word is used a lot and that's the book is about.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? The words give you explanations for the pictures.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? Yes. Stress has two different meanings, " pressure or tension exerted on a material object", and "a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances."
 * 1) Was the voice formal or informal? It was formal, but it wasn't too formal.
 * 2) Was the voice correct for the content? Yes, in my own opinions.
 * 3) What is the most important sentence or word in the book? I think it's, "Both humans and elephants learn from older society members."

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 the friendship between a dog and an elephant, Tara and Bella. The thing that was being compared was that if such different animals could be friends, why can't people act that way.
 * 2) What symbols did they use? They use things like getting Tara pet Bella with her foot to show how much they trust each other.
 * 3) What words stand out? Why? One of the words that stood out to me was inseparable. It stood out to me because it describes friendship perfectly.
 * 4) How do some words get you to look at characters or events in a particular way? When they said that Tara "held vigile" it told me that Tara is a very caring friend of Bella's.
 * 5) Are there any words that have more than one meaning? Yes sanctuary. It can be a place of safety or a nature reserve.
 * 6) Was the voice formal or informal? Informal
 * 7) Was the voice correct for the content? Yes it was.
 * 8) What is the most important sentence or phrase in the video? "If they can do it, what is our excuse?" Its teaching us that if animals that are different can be best friends, then people who are different can be best of friends.
 * 9) How did reading **Elephants Under Pressure** give you a better understanding of the story in **Assignment America**? Because the book taught us that elephants are like people. They have emotions and want to be around other elephants.

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? A lot of times seeing something gives you a better understanding of what is written.
 * How does the sound track (audio clues) add to your understanding of the story? The music sounded happy to me and let me know that this would be a happy story, not a sad story.