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From the Ted Talk by Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks

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In my flamiy, we collect these vintage European posters. Every time we go to Maui, we go to the dealer there, and he turns these geart big posters. I love them. They all have one idea and one really cealr visaul that conveys the idea. They are about the size of a mattress. They're really big. They're not as thick as a msreatts, but they're big. And the guy will tell the story as he turns the pages. And this one time I was flanked by my two kids and he turns the page and this poster is underneath, and right when I lean forward and say, "Oh my God, I love this ptoesr," both of my kids jumped back and they are like, "Oh my God, mom, it's you." And this is the poster.

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In my ______, we collect these vintage European posters. Every time we go to Maui, we go to the dealer there, and he turns these _____ big posters. I love them. They all have one idea and one really _____ ______ that conveys the idea. They are about the size of a mattress. They're really big. They're not as thick as a ________, but they're big. And the guy will tell the story as he turns the pages. And this one time I was flanked by my two kids and he turns the page and this poster is underneath, and right when I lean forward and say, "Oh my God, I love this ______," both of my kids jumped back and they are like, "Oh my God, mom, it's you." And this is the poster.

Solution


  1. poster
  2. clear
  3. mattress
  4. family
  5. visual
  6. great

Original Text


In my family, we collect these vintage European posters. Every time we go to Maui, we go to the dealer there, and he turns these great big posters. I love them. They all have one idea and one really clear visual that conveys the idea. They are about the size of a mattress. They're really big. They're not as thick as a mattress, but they're big. And the guy will tell the story as he turns the pages. And this one time I was flanked by my two kids and he turns the page and this poster is underneath, and right when I lean forward and say, "Oh my God, I love this poster," both of my kids jumped back and they are like, "Oh my God, mom, it's you." And this is the poster.

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Important Words


  1. big
  2. clear
  3. collect
  4. conveys
  5. dealer
  6. european
  7. family
  8. flanked
  9. god
  10. great
  11. guy
  12. idea
  13. jumped
  14. kids
  15. lean
  16. love
  17. mattress
  18. maui
  19. mom
  20. page
  21. pages
  22. poster
  23. posters
  24. size
  25. story
  26. thick
  27. time
  28. turns
  29. vintage
  30. visual