Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

found poetry

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: found po-et-ry
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Poetry created by taking words or phrases from other sources and making changes in spacing or line breaks, or adding or deleting text to impart new meaning.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Brett Dillingham, author and storyteller, advocates integrating content reading, note taking, poetry writing, and performance in the following found-poetry activity (Workshop, 1998). 1. Read examples of found poetry and explore with students […]"
"You may have already used Owl Moon (Yolen), Snow Comes to the Farm (Tripp), The Whales' Song (Sheldon), or The Seashore Book (Zolotow) for found poetry. Mentor texts work well here because students are already familiar with [them]."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does found poetry mean?: Poetry created by taking words or phrases from other sources and making changes in spacing or line breaks, or adding or deleting text to impart new meaning.

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