After exploring Voyant Tools for awhile, I can see this is purely trial and error. I worked with the "Stop Words List" using The Octopus. I followed the steps shown in class and was successful at removing the words I did not want on my current Word Cloud. However, a new Cloud would be generated containing different common words. After I had already saved and applied the "English (Toporware)" list with my alterations, I went to retrieve it and add more words. I found the list had transformed into a "Custom Stop Word List". I was able to remove the words I did not want, but it would not permanently save the list. I had to create a new list each time. I also attempted to find the Bubbles tool, but could not locate it.
Here is a link to the Word Cloud that I created. I found that the longer I worked with it, I became more familiarized with the words from the literature and was eventually able to memorize the words I did not want in my Cloud. I'm not sure this method would work for anything larger than one piece of literature.
This one was purely for fun. I copied and pasted a PDF of Dr.Seuss's ABC and it worked perfectly. I thought this tool would be an different way to get my daughter excited about vocabulary. Perhaps this could be used as a word-find. Fun Cloud. I will let you guys know how it works out.
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