Question

read the excerpt from \safari day in kenya.\ kimani stops at a watering hole, where hippos grunt in mud - baths, baboons play in a nearby tree, like children out at camp. the underlined portion of the stanza is an example of which sound device?

• onomatopoeia
• assonance
• alliteration
• rhyme

Explanation:

1. Onomatopoeia: Words that mimic the sound they describe. "Grunt" is a word that sounds like the noise a hippo makes.
2. Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds, which is not present here.
3. Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds, which is not present here.
4. Rhyme: Similar ending sounds of words, which is not present here.

Answer:

onomatopoeia