The Remarkable Paper Cuttings of Hans Christian Andersen

was better at doing something

• excelled

• proficiency

• silhouettes

• intricate

He was an actor, singer, and he _______ at the unusual craft of paper cutting.

• excelled

• proficiency

• silhouettes

• intricate

an advanced state of expertness

• proficiency

• silhouettes

• intricate

• incorporating

These practices could have contributed to his ______ in using scissors to create works of art.

• proficiency

• silhouettes

• intricate

• incorporating

outline portraits

• silhouettes

• intricate

• incorporating

• fanciful

Some Europeans created _____ out of black papers, but Andersen's cuttings were quite different.

• silhouettes

• intricate

• incorporating

• fanciful

extremely detailed; or with many twists and turns

• intricate

• incorporating

• fanciful

• remarkable

When at last he unfolded the finished paper cutting, an ______ design could be seen, often incorporating dancers, swans, windmills, storks, and castles.

• intricate

• incorporating

• fanciful

• remarkable

making something a part of something else

• incorporating

• fanciful

• remarkable

• enthralled

When at last he unfolded the finished paper cutting, an intricate design could be seen, often ________ dancers, swans, windmills, storks, and castles.

• incorporating

• fanciful

• remarkable

• enthralled