What is an acrostic poem?

An acrostic poem is a type of poetry that goes vertically down each letter starting a sentence eventually spelling out a word.

How do you write an acrostic poem?

1. Firstly you choose a word that your whole poem will be based on it could be and object, animal, myth or human
2. You start your sentence with the first letter of your word eventually spelling it out!

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How to write a cinquain

The first line you write a singular word which would be the title of your cinquain poem. For example, blogs. The second line you are going to write two describing words. For example, information, assessable. The third line you are going to write three words that are usually ending with an  “ing”. For example informing, knowing, entertaining. The next line should be a phrase with four words. For example “Its a life style”. And lastly it should end with one synonym. For example “Journal”

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