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From the Ted Talk by Jarrett J. Krosoczka: Live drawings of the human experience

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now crntaieg my own sierots, that offered me an escape portal. You see, it was a home that was filled with so much duoycfntsin. My grandparents drank a lot. There was a lot of yelling, a lot of cahos, and I controlled none of it. From the pages of my comics, I was the one calling the shots. Creating my own worlds, creating my own characters. Sharing them with my friends and family members. I thrived off that creativity.

Now my mother was an ilecibrndy talented artist. And even though she spent a majority of my childhood incarcerated, she spent her time dniawrg cartoons and mailing them to me. And these cartoons that aeirrvd from prison from my mom, it was her way of, you know, it was her way of letitng me know that she loved me and letting me know just what I was capable of.

Open Cloze


Now ________ my own _______, that offered me an escape portal. You see, it was a home that was filled with so much ___________. My grandparents drank a lot. There was a lot of yelling, a lot of _____, and I controlled none of it. From the pages of my comics, I was the one calling the shots. Creating my own worlds, creating my own characters. Sharing them with my friends and family members. I thrived off that creativity.

Now my mother was an __________ talented artist. And even though she spent a majority of my childhood incarcerated, she spent her time _______ cartoons and mailing them to me. And these cartoons that _______ from prison from my mom, it was her way of, you know, it was her way of _______ me know that she loved me and letting me know just what I was capable of.

Solution


  1. arrived
  2. drawing
  3. creating
  4. stories
  5. incredibly
  6. chaos
  7. letting
  8. dysfunction

Original Text


Now creating my own stories, that offered me an escape portal. You see, it was a home that was filled with so much dysfunction. My grandparents drank a lot. There was a lot of yelling, a lot of chaos, and I controlled none of it. From the pages of my comics, I was the one calling the shots. Creating my own worlds, creating my own characters. Sharing them with my friends and family members. I thrived off that creativity.

Now my mother was an incredibly talented artist. And even though she spent a majority of my childhood incarcerated, she spent her time drawing cartoons and mailing them to me. And these cartoons that arrived from prison from my mom, it was her way of, you know, it was her way of letting me know that she loved me and letting me know just what I was capable of.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
graphic memoir 3
power rangers 2


Important Words


  1. arrived
  2. artist
  3. calling
  4. capable
  5. cartoons
  6. chaos
  7. characters
  8. childhood
  9. comics
  10. controlled
  11. creating
  12. creativity
  13. drank
  14. drawing
  15. dysfunction
  16. escape
  17. family
  18. filled
  19. friends
  20. grandparents
  21. home
  22. incarcerated
  23. incredibly
  24. letting
  25. lot
  26. loved
  27. mailing
  28. majority
  29. members
  30. mom
  31. mother
  32. offered
  33. pages
  34. portal
  35. prison
  36. sharing
  37. shots
  38. spent
  39. stories
  40. talented
  41. thrived
  42. time
  43. worlds
  44. yelling