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Students practice identifying figures of speech in this educational worksheet.

Worksheet titled "Figures of Speech" with instructions and a list of 20 sentences to identify figurative language, including examples like "Sally sings a song" and "The sun giggles behind the clouds."

Worksheet titled "Figures of Speech" with instructions and a list of 20 sentences to identify figurative language, including examples like "Sally sings a song" and "The sun giggles behind the clouds."

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I'll work through this figures of speech worksheet step by step, identifying each figure of speech for the given sentences.

Let me analyze each sentence:

1. "Sally sang a sad song." - This uses alliteration (repetition of 's' sound)
2. "The waves crashed like thunder." - This is a simile (uses "like")
3. "Ding-dong went the door chime." - This is onomatopoeia (sound word)
4. "The bathroom sink was a pig sty." - This is a metaphor (direct comparison without like/as)
5. "A sea of red poppies." - This is a metaphor (comparing poppies to a sea)
6. "She eats as always, one at a time." - This appears incomplete/unclear, but could be hyperbole if referring to eating very slowly
7. "Her hair was dark as night." - This is a simile (uses "as")
8. "It feels worse than a thousand ants in your socks." - This is hyperbole (exaggeration)
9. "The cookies begged me to eat them." - This is personification (cookies can't beg)
10. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." - This is alliteration (repetition of 'p' sound)
11. "Mom's 'clean' bedroom was dirty and messy." - This is irony (says clean but means dirty)
12. "The rain kissed my cheeks." - This is personification (rain can't kiss)
13. "The stars winked at me." - This is personification (stars can't wink)
14. "My coffee was hot like lava." - This is a simile (uses "like")
15. "A tear ran down her cheek." - This could be personification or just literal description
16. "Each morning I wake to the sound 'Cock-a-doodle-do!'" - This is onomatopoeia (rooster sound)
17. "All bark and no bite." - This is an idiom
18. "Love is blind, love is patient." - This could be personification or repetition
19. "Vivid violet violets, velvety and vibrant while winking with waterdrops." - This is alliteration (repetition of 'v' sound)
20. "I ate so much, I think I'm going to explode!" - This is hyperbole (exaggeration)
21. "The bird was a bullet in the park." - This is a metaphor (direct comparison)

Final Answer:

1. Alliteration
2. Simile
3. Onomatopoeia
4. Metaphor
5. Metaphor
6. Hyperbole
7. Simile
8. Hyperbole
9. Personification
10. Alliteration
11. Irony
12. Personification
13. Personification
14. Simile
15. Personification
16. Onomatopoeia
17. Idiom
18. Personification
19. Alliteration
20. Hyperbole
21. Metaphor
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