Read the extract below and answer this question. The pattering rain was kicking up little explosions of dust in the glade.He heard the faint whisper of the ...

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The figure of speech underlined in line 1 is onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which a word imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. In this case, the word "pattering" imitates the sound of raindrops hitting the ground.