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   A palindrome is a word or phrase that means the same thing written either right to left or left to right. For instance, the word "racecar" is a palindrome. If you spell it bacwards, it's still "racecar." Three famous palindrome phrases are "Madam I'm Adam," "Able was I ere I saw Elba," and "Name no one man."

   The hero, or main character, of the book Holes is named Stanley Yelnats. Look closely at his last name: Yelnats is Stanley spelled backwards.

   Visit the sites in the Sources section for more information.

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   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindrome#Famous_Quotations

   http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/palindrome

   http://www.fun-with-words.com/palin_explain.html

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   Posted by linda-allen on Thursday November 19, 2009 at 8:11 AM