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Figurative language / Synonyms and antonyms
Mix of Everything
200

Where did Jack and his family live?

Norvelt, Pennsylvania

200

Why did Mr. Spizz really need the compound 1080?

To kill the old ladies

200

What do you think decapitated means?

the process of cutting limbs off

200

Is the phrase "you told me about a million times'' an idiom, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, allusion, personification, simile, or a metaphor?

Hyperbole.

200

What is a simile?

a comparison using like or as 

300

Where did Jack find Ms. Volker tied up?

Her basement


300

What were some of Jack's birthday presents?

grease remover, a shovel, 3 cotton dish towels with his name handprinted on them, a reading job to people, a ticket to get out of his room for a day, a ticket for a flight on the J3, and a ticket to the Viking drive-in movie.

300

What do you think contorted means?

very twisted

300

are the words tentatively & boldly synonyms or antonyms?

antonyms

300

What does Mr. Spizz call Jack?

Gantos Boy

400

Where did Mr. Spizz work? 

the funeral parlor

400

Who is Bunny and what is her real name?

Bunny is Jack's best friend. She is very smart and tough. She grew up in a house FULL of dead people. Her dad is Mr. Huffer. Her real name is Stella Huffer.

400

What do you think cadaver means?

a dead body

400

is the phrase '' It's as if we were on the titanic'' a personification or an allusion

allusion

400

who is Bunny and what is her real name?

Bunny is Jack's best friend. She's not like other girls. She is tough and very smart. Her dad is Mr. Huffer. Bunny's real name is Stella Huffer.

500

Where does miss volker's sister live?

florida

500

Who was accused of the old ladies' murder and put under house arrest?

Ms. Volker.

500

what does liberation mean?

being set free

500

are the words carnage & massacre synonyms or antonyms?

synonyms

500

What do you think tentatively means?

Said or done in a slow, resistant way.

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