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What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
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Who is Sydelle?
I pretended to be injured, but now I have a real injury.
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What is ex?
Prefix meaning out or from
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What is personification?
The sentence "Money is the only friend that I can count on." is an example of
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What is anle/ible?
Suffix meaning capable of
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What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two unlike things
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Who is Turtle?
I know a lot about the stock market.
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What is miss?
Prefix meaning to send
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What is a hyperbole?
The sentence "That was the easiest question in the world" is an example of
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What is en or em?
Prefix meaning in, into or with
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What is a hyperbole?
an exaggeration
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Where is Mr. Hoo's restaurant?
This is where the second bomb went off.
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What is trans?
Prefix meaning across or beyond
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What is an idiom?
a phrase that has a meaning of its own
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What is dis?
Prefix meaning away from
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What is alliteration?
the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a phrase or sentence
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Where is the Coffee Shop?
This is where the first bomb went off.
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What is port?
Prefix meaning to carry
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What is a flashback?
a past event that interrupts the forward action of a play, movie, novel, or the like.
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What is un or in?
Prefix meaning not
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What is onomatopoeia?
words whose sounds suggest the meanings of the words, such as "bang," "moo," or "jingle".
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Who is Angela?
I set the third bomb.
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What is aud?
Prefix meaning to hear
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What is personification?
giving human attributes to nonhuman or inanimate things
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What is bi?
Prefix meaning two or having two
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