a) the rain drops danced against the window pane.
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b) the children surrounded her like the roots of a tree.
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c) that car costs an arm and a leg.
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d) the pans clattered and banged, to the tapping of the wooden spoon, tap, tap, tap.
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e) the wind was as loud as a freight train roaring past the windows.
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f) the falling snow wrapped the whole neighborhood in a blanket of white.
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g) the sky had a brilliant sparkling blue sheen.
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h) sara’s seven sisters slept soundly in the sand.
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i) locking your keys in your car immediately after leaving the locksmith.
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### Part a)
# Brief Explanations:
The phrase "rain drops danced" gives human - like action (dancing) to raindrops, which is personification.
# Answer:
Literary device: Personification
Explanation: Raindrops are given the human action of dancing, making them seem like people.

### Part b)
# Brief Explanations:
The sentence uses "like" to compare children surrounding her to roots of a tree, so it's a simile.
# Answer:
Literary device: Simile
Explanation: It uses "like" to compare children surrounding her to tree roots.

### Part c)
# Brief Explanations:
Saying a car costs "an arm and a leg" is an exaggeration (hyperbole) as one can't really pay with body parts, and it's also an idiom (a common figurative phrase). But hyperbole is more about the exaggeration here.
# Answer:
Literary device: Hyperbole (or Idiom)
Explanation: It exaggerates the cost of the car (or is a common figurative phrase).

### Part d)
# Brief Explanations:
The repeated "tap, tap, tap" imitates the sound of the wooden spoon, so it's onomatopoeia. Also, the repetition of "tap" is alliteration? No, onomatopoeia is about sound imitation. Wait, "clattered", "banged", "tapping" and "tap, tap, tap" are all imitating sounds, so onomatopoeia. And the repetition of "tap" is also a form of repetition. But main is onomatopoeia.
# Answer:
Literary device: Onomatopoeia (and Repetition)
Explanation: Words like "clattered", "banged", "tap" imitate sounds (and "tap" is repeated).

### Part e)
# Brief Explanations:
The sentence uses "as...as" to compare the loudness of the wind to a freight train, so it's a simile.
# Answer:
Literary device: Simile
Explanation: It uses "as...as" to compare wind's loudness to a freight train's.

### Part f)
# Brief Explanations:
The snow is said to "wrap" the neighborhood (human action) and also compares snow to a blanket (metaphor, as it says "in a blanket of white" without "like" or "as"). So it can be personification and metaphor. But mainly metaphor as it equates snow - covered neighborhood to a blanketed area.
# Answer:
Literary device: Metaphor (and Personification)
Explanation: Snow is compared to a blanket (metaphor) and given the human action of wrapping (personification).

### Part g)
# Brief Explanations:
The words "brilliant", "sparkling", "blue" are used to describe the sky, which is imagery (creating a mental picture) and also maybe alliteration? No, imagery is about descriptive language for sensory experience.
# Answer:
Literary device: Imagery
Explanation: Descriptive words create a mental picture of the sky.

### Part h)
# Brief Explanations:
The repeated "s" sounds in "Sara's", "seven", "sisters", "slept", "soundly", "sand" is alliteration.
# Answer:
Literary device: Alliteration
Explanation: Repeated "s" sounds at the start of words.

### Part i)
# Brief Explanations:
Locking keys in the car right after leaving the locksmith is an example of irony (situational irony) as the locksmith is related to keys, and this is an unexpected and ironic situation.
# Answer:
Literary device: Irony (Situational Irony)
Explanation: It's ironic that one locks keys in the car just after visiting a locksmith.

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