Read widely and frequently: Exposure to various written materials can help you learn new words and phrases. Use a thesaurus and a dictionary: These tools can help you find synonyms and definitions f...

In addition to specific forms of poems, poetry is often thought of in terms of different genres and subgenres. A poetic genre is generally a tradition or classification of poetry based on the subject ...

Poetic devices are a form of literary device used in poetry. Poems are created out of poetic devices composite of: structural, grammatical, rhythmic, metrical, verbal, and visual elements.[1] They are...

Poetic form is more flexible in modernist and post-modernist poetry and continues to be less structured than in previous literary eras. Many modern poets eschew recognizable structures or forms and wr...

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A quick reference for those pesky grammar rules we often forget. [Download the attached PDF]  grammar-cheat-sheet-042413.pdf

Proofreading marks (also called proofreaders’ marks) are symbols and notations for correcting typeset pages.  proofreading-marks-at-a-glance.pdf

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