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From the Ted Talk by Gabby Rivera: The story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

Unscramble the Blue Letters


At no pnoit did I think sherpeueros would become such a huge part of my life. As a kid, I loeokd at them, and I saw everything I wasn't. They had big muscles, sodpmrueel good looks, and phenomenal cosmic powers. And me? I kind of looked like this, except sethror and with frizzier hair, and I never felt powerful. I was always just one big ball of nervous, soft energy, and superheroes, much like the bullies at scoohl, didn't seem to have a lot of room for that, for me. So I stayed away. And besides, who needs superheroes when you're surrounded by Puerto Rican women from the Bronx?

(Laughter)

Open Cloze


At no _____ did I think ___________ would become such a huge part of my life. As a kid, I ______ at them, and I saw everything I wasn't. They had big muscles, __________ good looks, and phenomenal cosmic powers. And me? I kind of looked like this, except _______ and with frizzier hair, and I never felt powerful. I was always just one big ball of nervous, soft energy, and superheroes, much like the bullies at ______, didn't seem to have a lot of room for that, for me. So I stayed away. And besides, who needs superheroes when you're surrounded by Puerto Rican women from the Bronx?

(Laughter)

Solution


  1. school
  2. supermodel
  3. shorter
  4. looked
  5. point
  6. superheroes

Original Text


At no point did I think superheroes would become such a huge part of my life. As a kid, I looked at them, and I saw everything I wasn't. They had big muscles, supermodel good looks, and phenomenal cosmic powers. And me? I kind of looked like this, except shorter and with frizzier hair, and I never felt powerful. I was always just one big ball of nervous, soft energy, and superheroes, much like the bullies at school, didn't seem to have a lot of room for that, for me. So I stayed away. And besides, who needs superheroes when you're surrounded by Puerto Rican women from the Bronx?

(Laughter)

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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america chavez 7
puerto rican 4
rican women 2
america quiets 2

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puerto rican women 2

Important Words


  1. ball
  2. big
  3. bronx
  4. bullies
  5. cosmic
  6. energy
  7. felt
  8. frizzier
  9. good
  10. hair
  11. huge
  12. kid
  13. kind
  14. laughter
  15. life
  16. looked
  17. lot
  18. muscles
  19. nervous
  20. part
  21. phenomenal
  22. point
  23. powerful
  24. powers
  25. puerto
  26. rican
  27. room
  28. school
  29. shorter
  30. soft
  31. stayed
  32. superheroes
  33. supermodel
  34. surrounded
  35. women