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Example: The thunder clouds looked around for some fun, saw our baseball game, and hurried over in time to drench everyone before one inning had been completed.
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An animal kept in the home, most commonly a dog or cat
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Wager; gamble on something
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Example: His shot was a laser into the bottom corner.
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Blind, mute, and ______
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Where the dishes go after a meal
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Last word of "Dream Deferred"
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Middle name of "Richard Cory" poet
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A place to look at wild and exotic animals
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Surname of the poet that you'd think might write a poem about winter
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Give it a try: Take a ____ at it.
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The best of the best: The _____ of the crop.
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Surname of of the poet who wrote "Incident"
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Full name of the poet whose silly animal poem has a rhyme scheme AABB
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Example: Her writing style is like a hot knife going through warm butter.
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The _____ replaced the vinyl LP.
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Belloc wrote a poem about a "__________ of considerable dimensions."
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The three articles are a, the, and _____.
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First three letters of the real volcanic island that exploded and may have been Terry Pratchett's inspiration
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Examples: "dog" and "hog" or "flower" and "tower"
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He used a feline in a six-line metaphorical poem.
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She became Queen of England.
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Last word of the 8-line poem by a female poet
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"Nothing _______ Can Stay"
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The rhyme _____ of a poem can be shown, for example, as AABBCC.
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WWI battle alluded to by Carl Sandburg
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While the turkey was roasting, I __________ it with drippings from the pan.
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New name for Ermintrude
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