When brainstorming it is important to write down only your good ideas
avoid judging your ideas
think about your final draft
proofread as you go

Which poetic techniques are illustrated in the opening lines “i am fourteen/and my skin has betrayed me/the boy i cannot live without/still sucks his thumb/in secret”? alliteration and metaphor allusion and alliteration apostrophe and simile personification and enjambment