what does acrostic mean?

Answer 1

An acrostic is a passage designed so that the first or last letters in each line spell out a phrase. The term also refers to a variant form of word puzzles, combining crossword clues with a fill-in-the-blank grid that reveals a hidden quote or saying.

An example: (look at the first letter in each line)

Nearly everyone who solves crossword puzzles
Obviously enjoys the more complicated forms
Which rely upon more than just word knowledge
Yet they can create a real challenge
On top of the difficulty of recognizing definitions
Users also have to use other intellectual skills
Kind of like a cross between crosswords and trivia
Not everyone likes them but that's really kind of
Obvious, I guess.
When you get a chance, try one. Maybe you'll love it!

Answer 2

What Does Acrostic Mean

Answer 3

Acrostic: a poem in which special letters spell another word.


Panthers growl,
Orioles sing,
Eagles soar,
Monkeys swing.
See?

Most often,
the special letters
come at the beginning of each line.

But
they may be placed
elsewhere, too.

Alphabet poems
are also a special type of acrostic,
called abecdearian acrostics.

Answer 4

an acrostic is a type of poem in which a word is written in capital letters down the left side of the paper, and words starting with that letter are written going across the paper to form a set of single words that discribe the first word. like this

L ight

O verwhealming

V ariable

E ncompassing


as you can see love is written going downwards and other words useing the letter from the word love are written the regular way to create a short poem about love. Hope this helps

Answer 5

acrostic, noun, adjective.noun
1. a composition in verse or an arrangement of words in which the first, last, or certain other letters in each line, taken in order, spell a word or phrase.
2. an acronym.
3. a puzzle to be solved by discovering acrostics from clues. adj. of or like an acrostic.
adv. acrostically. acrostical, adjective. = acrostic.acroterion, noun, pl. -teria. = acroterium.acroterium, noun, pl. -teria.
1a. one of the angles of a pediment. b. an ornament erected on it.
2. a statue or ornament erected on a gable of a building.
3. the ornamented tip of the prow on a galley.

Answer 6

Acrostic: a poem in which special letters spell another word.
eg: Panthers growl,
Orioles sing,
Eagles soar,
Monkeys swing.
See?

Most often,
the special letters
come at the beginning of each line

Answer 7

ACROSTIC - a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet

Answer 8

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Answer 9

1 : a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet

Answer 10

written lines containing word: a number of lines of writing, especially a poem or word puzzle, in which a combination of letters from each line spells a word or phrase

[Late 16th century. Via French acrostiche < Greek akrostikhis < akros "outermost" + stikhos "line of verse" (< steikhein "go")]

a·cros·ti·cal·ly adverb