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Meaning of found poetry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Examples

“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].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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