we had to do anzlogies i.e. ball : bouncy : glue : sticky

The next part is "sort the answer words by suffix"
What does that mean?

The suffix is the ending of a word.

Two of your words took nouns or adjectives (bounce, stick) and added a suffix.

i just don't understand what it means to write the answer words, sorted by suffix

Both bouncy and sticky have suffixes.

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When it says to "sort the answer words by suffix," it means that you need to arrange the words in your answer based on the patterns or endings of the words. In this case, you need to look at the last few letters of each word and group them accordingly.

Let's take an example to understand it better. Suppose you have the following analogy: cat : meow :: dog : bark. In this analogy, "meow" is a sound that a cat makes, and "bark" is a sound that a dog makes.

To sort the answer words by suffix, you need to look at the endings of the words. In this case, both "meow" and "bark" have the same suffix "-ow." Therefore, you would group them together as the answer words with the same suffix: cat:meow :: dog:bark.

So, you would apply the same sorting process to your analogy: ball:bouncy :: glue:sticky. Here, both "bouncy" and "sticky" end with the same suffix "-y." Thus, you would sort the answer words by suffix as follows: ball:bouncy :: glue:sticky.

By sorting the words in this way, you demonstrate your understanding of common patterns or endings in the English language.