I'm trying to wirte a word where off of each letter there is a sentace like ex...

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You know what I mean? What is this kind of thing called? Thx.

Do you mean an acrostic, where reading down the first letter of each word spells a word (or words)?

I think he's trying to make one of those things where you take a word, like your name, and put words or phrases, each starting with one of the letters, next to it. Like this could be Doug's

Doesn't know what this thing is called
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What are these things called? Kind of like an acronym but I don't think it'd be considered an acroynm. Are you trying to make it out of an existing word like I did with your name, or are you trying to make a group of words/phrases that then make a word with the initials?

It's called an acrostic.

Oooh. I seemed to have looked over where you said 'first letter' and thought something else.

yes that's it. Thanks.