Meaning & use
acrostic
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A poem or word puzzle in which the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase.
See it in a sentence
For her birthday, he wrote an acrostic poem spelling out her name down the left margin.
The puzzle book included an acrostic where the answer letters revealed a hidden quotation.
A note on using this word
A popular classroom writing exercise; can also describe puzzles where letters at the middle or end of lines spell the hidden word.
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