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There was no sweetness to this revenge, and now, three weeks of rubbin it in their faces has made him feel on better.
What is an idiom? rubbing it in their faces
100
I just gotta take a dump, and them we'll be on our way.
What is an idiom? take a dump
100
On instant he's filled with terror so extreem, he can smell it like acid in his nostrrils.
What is a simile? he can smell it like acid in his nostrrils.
100
The mouth breather tries to shout something else, but instead goes into a coughing fit that lasts for a whole minute. It gets so bad, it frightens even Connor. It's like he might actually cough up his transplanted lung.
What is a hyperbole? It's like he might actually cough up his transplanted lung.
100
This furnance of a place, full of planes that cannot fly, is more than it seems. It is a womb of redemption for every Unwind.
What is a metaphor? This furnace...is a womb of redemption for every Unwind.
200
Yet for Connor, life on the edge is home.
What is idiom? life on the edge
200
Connor lies back down, and his tears come as sudden as a summer downpour.
What is a simile? his tears come as sudden as a summer downpour.
200
Lev is convinced his heart will explode in his chest.
What is a hyperbole? heart will explode in his chest
200
He has a morbid curiosity about the Admiral, and he wonders what an old presidential jet looks like on the inside. But being under his scrutiny scares the hell out of him.
What is an idiom? Scares the hell out of him.
200
I'm a fish out of water.
What is an idiom?
300
His father sleeps like a log, and his mother never checks on Connor during the night anymore.
What is a simile? father sleeps like a log
300
This kid is an animal. The only way to deal with him is for Lev to become an animal himself.
What is a metaphor? this kid is an animal
300
On the very of hugry tears.
What is personification? hungry tears
300
It's like the aftermath of some natural disaster. Broken bits of metal, glass and wood are everywhere.
What is a simile? It's like the aftermath of some natural disaster.
300
"The last bit of daylight is gone from the sky now; the only color left is darblue fading to black."
What is imagery?
400
The trucker takes a single card and with sleight of hand makes the card vanish into thin air.
What is an idiom? vanish into thin air
400
The think is, I know tons of people with big families.
What is a hyperbole? I know tons of people
400
The bus comes to a stop, and Lev feels his hope trampled beneath thirty pairs of scuffed shoes.
What is a symbol? Lev feels his hope trampled beneath thirty pairs of scuffed shoes
400
For clappers who are driven by vengence, their life is a scale of justice, weighted evenly on both sides, finally in balance
What is a metaphor? their life is a scale of justice
400
"She has sudden strength. She now has a second chance...she'll be smarter - she's sure of it."
What is alliteration? She has sudden strength...
500
The trucker's other hand has thicker fingers, and the skim is a bit more olive in tone. "So," says Conner, "you got dealt a new hand."
What is a pun? dealt a new hand
500
Then comes a sudden pain in his shoulder, and everything starts spinning round and round and down a drain into darkness.
What is a metaphor? everything starts spinning round and round and down a drain into darkness.
500
It made it safe, like performing death-defying acrobatic tricks above a safety net.
What is an analogy? It made it safe, like performing death-defying acrobatic tricks above a safety net
500
Just as the airplane graveyard was Heaven disguised as Hell, harvest camp is Hell masquerading as Heven.
What is an Analogy? Just as the airplane graveyard was Heaven disguised as Hell, harvest camp is Hell masquerading as Heven.
500
"Her fingers dance across the keyboard"
What is personification?