Question

which of the following excerpts includes onomatopoeia? choose one option a listen my children and you shall hear/ of the midnight ride of paul revere/ on the eighteenth of april, in seventy - five:/ hardly a man is now alive b here at our sea - washed, sunset gates shall stand. c deep into that darkness peering, long i stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before d it shushes/ it hushes/ the loudness in the road,/ it flitter - twitters,/ and laughs away from me.

Explanation:

Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate sounds. In option D, "SHUSHES", "flitter - twitters", and "laughs" (in the context of imitating sounds) are onomatopoeic as they mimic the sounds they represent. Options A, B, and C do not contain such sound - imitating words.

Answer:

D. It SHUSHES/ It hushes/ The loudness in the road/ It flitter - twitters/ And laughs away from me.