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Acrostic：a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (such 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

Annotate：to add notes or remarks on a piece of writing

Haiku：haiku, unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively

Paraphrase：to repeat something written or spoken using different words, often in a humorous form or in a simpler and shorter form that makes the original meaning clearer

Inference：a belief or opinion that you develop from the information that you know

Meter：to use meters to measure how much gas, electricity, or water is used

Myth：an ancient story or set of stories, especially explaining the early history of a group of people or about natural events and facts

Rhyme：a word that has the same last sound as another word

Syllable：a single unit of speech, either a whole word or one of the parts into which a word can be separated, usually containing a vowel