Tale : tail : : antic : _______?
Answers
Answer: antique (maybe)
Explanation:
Answer:
The words tail and tale are homophones: they sound the same but have different meanings. Both a noun and a verb, tail has several meanings, including the rear part of an animal or vehicle. The noun tale refers to a report or story.
Examples:
"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."(Mark Twain)
"I used small words and short sentences as if I were telling a fairy tale to a child."
(Maya Angelou, The Heart of a Woman. Random House, 1981)
"'Memphis' is a sad story of long-distance love, with an unexpected twist at the tail end of the tale."
(Fred Rothwell, Long Distance Information: Chuck Berry's Recorded Legacy. Music Mentor Books, 2001)
Practice:
(a) "Kevin told a wonderful _____ about an angel who falls in love with a girl and then becomes human so that he can be with her."
(Christopher Pike, The Midnight Club, 1991)
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