An abecedarius is an acrostic where the first letter of every word or verse follows the order of the alphabet. For example, in the sentence A
ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ b ɛ s ɪ d ɛ ɹ ɪ ə s WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY æ k ɹ ɑ s t ɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY w ɛ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY f ɜː s t WORD_BOUNDARY l ɛ t ə ɹ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ v ɹ i WORD_BOUNDARY w ɜː d WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY v ɜː s WORD_BOUNDARY f ɑ l oʊ z WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ ɹ d ə ɹ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY æ l f ə b ɛ t WORD_BOUNDARY f ɔ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ ɡ z æ m p ə l WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ n ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ɛ n t ə n s WORD_BOUNDARY eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY