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From the Ted Talk by Joe Sabia: The technology of storytelling

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Ladies and gentlemen, gather around. I would love to share with you a story.

Once upon a time in 19th cruenty Germany, there was the book. Now during this time, the book was the king of storytelling. It was venerable. It was ubiquitous. But it was a little bit boring. Because in its 400 years of existence, storytellers never evolved the book as a storytelling device. But then one author arrived, and he changed the game forever. (msiuc) His name was Lothar, Lothar meerfngeodgr. lhaotr Meggendorfer put his foot down, and he said, "Genug ist genug!" He grabbed his pen, he snatched his scissors. This man rufeesd to fold to the conventions of normalcy and just decided to fold. History would know Lothar Meggendorfer as — who else? — the world's first true inventor of the children's pop-up book. (Music) For this dehgilt and for this wonder, people rejoiced. (Cheering) They were happy because the story svuerivd, and that the world would keep on siinpnng.

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Ladies and gentlemen, gather around. I would love to share with you a story.

Once upon a time in 19th _______ Germany, there was the book. Now during this time, the book was the king of storytelling. It was venerable. It was ubiquitous. But it was a little bit boring. Because in its 400 years of existence, storytellers never evolved the book as a storytelling device. But then one author arrived, and he changed the game forever. (_____) His name was Lothar, Lothar ____________. ______ Meggendorfer put his foot down, and he said, "Genug ist genug!" He grabbed his pen, he snatched his scissors. This man _______ to fold to the conventions of normalcy and just decided to fold. History would know Lothar Meggendorfer as — who else? — the world's first true inventor of the children's pop-up book. (Music) For this _______ and for this wonder, people rejoiced. (Cheering) They were happy because the story ________, and that the world would keep on ________.

Solution


  1. century
  2. delight
  3. spinning
  4. refused
  5. music
  6. lothar
  7. meggendorfer
  8. survived

Original Text


Ladies and gentlemen, gather around. I would love to share with you a story.

Once upon a time in 19th century Germany, there was the book. Now during this time, the book was the king of storytelling. It was venerable. It was ubiquitous. But it was a little bit boring. Because in its 400 years of existence, storytellers never evolved the book as a storytelling device. But then one author arrived, and he changed the game forever. (Music) His name was Lothar, Lothar Meggendorfer. Lothar Meggendorfer put his foot down, and he said, "Genug ist genug!" He grabbed his pen, he snatched his scissors. This man refused to fold to the conventions of normalcy and just decided to fold. History would know Lothar Meggendorfer as — who else? — the world's first true inventor of the children's pop-up book. (Music) For this delight and for this wonder, people rejoiced. (Cheering) They were happy because the story survived, and that the world would keep on spinning.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
lothar meggendorfer 4
storytelling device 2


Important Words


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  31. meggendorfer
  32. music
  33. normalcy
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  40. share
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  48. true
  49. ubiquitous
  50. venerable
  51. world
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