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 * Using Taxegdo to Emphasize Theme and Analyze Texts **

__**Reading**__ //Integration of Knowledge and Ideas// 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. __**Speaking and Listening**__ //Comprehension and Collaboration// 2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. 3. Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. Taxegdo is a web application that allows the user to visually represent a selection of prose, text or lyrics. One can cut and copy any selection of words into this application to see what visual depiction appears. Taxegdo.jpegThis application, along with the many other word cloud apps, helps to emphasize main idea or word repetition. This is a simple and engaging way to capture the attention of any audience by offering an alternative presentational style.
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 * Examples of Taxegdo **

Example 1: A student's response to //Everything on a Waffle,// by Polly Horvath:



Example 2: A Word Cloud for Content Area Work:



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