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From the Ted Talk by Gene Luen Yang: Comics belong in the classroom

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

He was wrong. Now, Dr. whtarem was actually a pretty decent guy. He senpt most of his ceaerr working with juvenile delinquents, and in his work he noticed that most of his clients read comic books. What Dr. Wertham failed to razeile was in the 1940s and '50s, almost every kid in America read comic books.

Dr. Wertham does a pretty dubious job of proving his case, but his book does inspire the Senate of the United States to hold a seeris of hearings to see if in fact coimc books caused juvenile delinquency. These hargiens lasted for almost two months. They ended inconclusively, but not before doing tremendous damage to the reputation of comic books in the eyes of the aamicern public.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

He was wrong. Now, Dr. _______ was actually a pretty decent guy. He _____ most of his ______ working with juvenile delinquents, and in his work he noticed that most of his clients read comic books. What Dr. Wertham failed to _______ was in the 1940s and '50s, almost every kid in America read comic books.

Dr. Wertham does a pretty dubious job of proving his case, but his book does inspire the Senate of the United States to hold a ______ of hearings to see if in fact _____ books caused juvenile delinquency. These ________ lasted for almost two months. They ended inconclusively, but not before doing tremendous damage to the reputation of comic books in the eyes of the ________ public.

Solution


  1. spent
  2. series
  3. career
  4. comic
  5. american
  6. wertham
  7. realize
  8. hearings

Original Text


(Laughter)

He was wrong. Now, Dr. Wertham was actually a pretty decent guy. He spent most of his career working with juvenile delinquents, and in his work he noticed that most of his clients read comic books. What Dr. Wertham failed to realize was in the 1940s and '50s, almost every kid in America read comic books.

Dr. Wertham does a pretty dubious job of proving his case, but his book does inspire the Senate of the United States to hold a series of hearings to see if in fact comic books caused juvenile delinquency. These hearings lasted for almost two months. They ended inconclusively, but not before doing tremendous damage to the reputation of comic books in the eyes of the American public.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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comic books 17
graphic novels 6
comics lectures 5
educational potential 3
american educators 3
juvenile delinquency 3
comic book 2
started making 2
high school 2
remote control 2
read comic 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
read comic books 2

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