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From the Ted Talk by Isaac Saul: 3 ideas for communicating across the political divide

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So I akesd for a podium today, and I'm going to read from some notes when I give this talk, because I care a great deal about language choices, and I want to be absolutely precise in some of the words that I'm going to use today.

I'm going to start by telling you the same piece of information twice, but I'm going to say it in two different ways. Here's the first way: "1,000 iegllal ailens were arrested by US Border Patrol after crossing the sroehtun border on mnoady." Here's the second way. "1,000 undocumented immigrants truned themselves in to US Border Patrol after crossing the southern border on Monday."

Open Cloze


So I _____ for a podium today, and I'm going to read from some notes when I give this talk, because I care a great deal about language choices, and I want to be absolutely precise in some of the words that I'm going to use today.

I'm going to start by telling you the same piece of information twice, but I'm going to say it in two different ways. Here's the first way: "1,000 _______ ______ were arrested by US Border Patrol after crossing the ________ border on ______." Here's the second way. "1,000 undocumented immigrants ______ themselves in to US Border Patrol after crossing the southern border on Monday."

Solution


  1. illegal
  2. turned
  3. southern
  4. monday
  5. aliens
  6. asked

Original Text


So I asked for a podium today, and I'm going to read from some notes when I give this talk, because I care a great deal about language choices, and I want to be absolutely precise in some of the words that I'm going to use today.

I'm going to start by telling you the same piece of information twice, but I'm going to say it in two different ways. Here's the first way: "1,000 illegal aliens were arrested by US Border Patrol after crossing the southern border on Monday." Here's the second way. "1,000 undocumented immigrants turned themselves in to US Border Patrol after crossing the southern border on Monday."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
language choices 7
political tribe 4
border patrol 2
southern border 2
news outlet 2
political spectrum 2
solution number 2
hispanic descent 2
disparate groups 2
lived experiences 2
deep state 2


Important Words


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  4. asked
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  16. monday
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  22. read
  23. southern
  24. start
  25. talk
  26. telling
  27. today
  28. turned
  29. undocumented
  30. ways
  31. words