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From the Ted Talk by Rebekah Bergman: First person vs. Second person vs. Third person

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But Rapunzel can also be told by a character in the story— a first person narrator. The tail end of Rapunzel’s locks plopped down at my feet. I grabbed on and began to climb… ugh! I couldn’t untangle myself. Strands came off all over me, sicktnig to my sweat.

In a first person narrative, the story can change dlalratimcay depending on which character is the notarrar. Say Rapunzel was narrating instead of the prince: I hope he appreciates how long it takes to unbraid 25 feet of hair, I thought. OUCH! I'll be honest; I thought my salcp would srtceth off of my sukll. "Can you climb any faster?" I yelled.

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But Rapunzel can also be told by a character in the story— a first person narrator. The tail end of Rapunzel’s locks plopped down at my feet. I grabbed on and began to climb… ugh! I couldn’t untangle myself. Strands came off all over me, ________ to my sweat.

In a first person narrative, the story can change ____________ depending on which character is the ________. Say Rapunzel was narrating instead of the prince: I hope he appreciates how long it takes to unbraid 25 feet of hair, I thought. OUCH! I'll be honest; I thought my _____ would _______ off of my _____. "Can you climb any faster?" I yelled.

Solution


  1. dramatically
  2. narrator
  3. stretch
  4. sticking
  5. scalp
  6. skull

Original Text


But Rapunzel can also be told by a character in the story— a first person narrator. The tail end of Rapunzel’s locks plopped down at my feet. I grabbed on and began to climb… ugh! I couldn’t untangle myself. Strands came off all over me, sticking to my sweat.

In a first person narrative, the story can change dramatically depending on which character is the narrator. Say Rapunzel was narrating instead of the prince: I hope he appreciates how long it takes to unbraid 25 feet of hair, I thought. OUCH! I'll be honest; I thought my scalp would stretch off of my skull. "Can you climb any faster?" I yelled.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
person narrator 4


Important Words


  1. appreciates
  2. began
  3. change
  4. character
  5. climb
  6. depending
  7. dramatically
  8. faster
  9. feet
  10. grabbed
  11. hair
  12. hope
  13. locks
  14. long
  15. narrating
  16. narrative
  17. narrator
  18. person
  19. plopped
  20. rapunzel
  21. scalp
  22. skull
  23. sticking
  24. story
  25. strands
  26. stretch
  27. sweat
  28. tail
  29. takes
  30. thought
  31. told
  32. unbraid
  33. untangle
  34. yelled