A school student must do me letter by letter during a grammar test, but a witch uses me to turn an unwanted visitor into a slimy toad. What single word am I?
A spell
This riddle relies on the homonym 'spell.' In an academic setting, to spell means reciting or writing the individual letters of a word in order, whereas in mythology, a witch casts a magical spell to perform enchantments.
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