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From the Ted Talk by Michael Bierut: How to design a library that makes kids want to read

Unscramble the Blue Letters

That was option number one. OK, ooiptn number two. Option number two was, wait for it, OWL. I'll meet you at OWL. I'm getting my book from the OWL. Meet you after school down at OWL. I like that, right? Now, what does OWL stand for? Well, it could be One World liabrry, or it could be Open. Wonder. Learn. Or it could be — and I figure librarians could figure out other things it could be because they know about words. So other things, right? And then look at this. It's like the eye of the owl. This is irstieslribe in my oinipon.

Open Cloze

That was option number one. OK, ______ number two. Option number two was, wait for it, OWL. I'll meet you at OWL. I'm getting my book from the OWL. Meet you after school down at OWL. I like that, right? Now, what does OWL stand for? Well, it could be One World _______, or it could be Open. Wonder. Learn. Or it could be — and I figure librarians could figure out other things it could be because they know about words. So other things, right? And then look at this. It's like the eye of the owl. This is ____________ in my _______.

Solution

  1. library
  2. irresistible
  3. opinion
  4. option

Original Text

That was option number one. OK, option number two. Option number two was, wait for it, OWL. I'll meet you at OWL. I'm getting my book from the OWL. Meet you after school down at OWL. I like that, right? Now, what does OWL stand for? Well, it could be One World Library, or it could be Open. Wonder. Learn. Or it could be — and I figure librarians could figure out other things it could be because they know about words. So other things, right? And then look at this. It's like the eye of the owl. This is irresistible in my opinion.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
option number 6
unintended consequences 4
robin hood 4
logo put 3
library initiative 2
school libraries 2
guy named 2
long day 2

Important Words

  1. book
  2. eye
  3. figure
  4. irresistible
  5. learn
  6. librarians
  7. library
  8. meet
  9. number
  10. open
  11. opinion
  12. option
  13. owl
  14. school
  15. stand
  16. wait
  17. words
  18. world