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Bad Advice

Bad Advice.

by Tim Upperton

Tim Upperton plays with poetic form, especially the pleasures of a tight rhyme scheme, to give readers some unusual “advice”. His poem is a homage to the nonsense text of Doctor Seuss, with a black-humour twist.

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Series: School Journal Level 3 May 2020

Learning area: English

Curriculum level: 3

Reading year level: 5

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Topics: advice, humour, language, parody, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, Tim Upperton

In: School Journal Level 3 May 2020

Publication date: May 2020

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