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Chpt11-endI Survived

Chpt.11-end I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011

TermDefinition
murmurs whisper, repeated saying
clutch hold tightly
resist to withstand or prevent an action
flickering alternately getting brighter and dim
jungle gym playground
stewardess a woman employed to look after the passengers on a ship or aircraft
radioactive energy in a harmful dose
tsunami marker slabs of stone built to show where past tsunamis reached
toxic poisonous
contaminated having pollution or poison added
magnitude power
particles pieces or fragments
decades 10 years
centuries 100 years
But the man just stared straight ahead, barely blinking, like a statue. Simile: comparing two or more things using "like" or "as"
He's staggered in, a frozen ghost, with a shivering cat around his neck. Metaphor: comparing two or more things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
The bitter metal taste of the wave coated his tongue like glue. Simile: comparing two or more things using "like" or "as"
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