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The Ventriloquist and His Puppet

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Have you ever seen someone talk without moving their lips? That person is called a VENTRILOQUIST (ven-TRIL-uh-kwist), and their whole job is to make a puppet seem alive. The word ventriloquist comes from Latin words meaning 'belly speaker' — which sounds like the world's most uncomfortable superpower! A PUPPET is a figure controlled by a performer, and together the ventriloquist and puppet make a duo that has entertained audiences for hundreds of years. The PERFORMER is always in charge, but the puppet gets most of the laughs.

A person who talks without moving their lips is called a _____.
VENTRILOQUIST
The ventriloquist and puppet work together as a _____.
DUO
The figure controlled by a performer is called a _____.
PUPPET
Name something the text tells us about a ventriloquist.
TALKS WITHOUT MOVING LIPS / MAKES PUPPET SEEM ALIVE / ENTERTAINS AUDIENCES
The word ventriloquist comes from Latin words meaning these two things.
BELLY / SPEAKER
Latin was the language spoken in the ancient empire of _____.
ROME

Writing Prompt

Write 2–3 sentences about ventriloquists and puppets. Tell one fact you learned about how ventriloquists work and what surprised you most about them.

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