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What is Maybe
An adverb that means the same as perhaps
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What is Onomatopoeia
The naming of a thing or action by vocal imitation of the sound associated with it.
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What is Up a Blind Alley
Originally a road with no through street
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What is Farther
A physical distance
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What is Polysyndeton
Repetition of conjunctions in close succession
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What is Cliche
Overused and boring phrase
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What is Whether
a conjunction used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives.
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What is Polysyndeton
Mrs. Hurst and her sister allowed it to be so - but still they admired her and liked her, and pronounced her to be a sweet girl, and one whom they would not object to know more of
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What is Like it or Lump it
An unwanted outcome that one can not avoid
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What is If
A conjunction that shows something will occur on a certain condition.
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What is Onomatopeia
It hushes. It shushes; it filter-twitters; and whitely whirs away.
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What is Delusion of Gandeur
Used to mock someone's ego
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What is May be
a verb showing possibility
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What is Personification
Figures of speech that gives human qualities to objects, animals, or ideas
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What is Like it or Lump it
Illusion of choice
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