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Nimfa-mama [501]
3 years ago
16

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?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Assonance
C. Alliteration
D. Rhyme
English
1 answer:
FinnZ [79.3K]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Onomatopoeia is the correct answer.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "Safari Day in Kenya," the author uses a rhetorical device called onomatopoeia, which recreates the sounds of something, usually related to nature. Through this device, the speaker recreates hippos and baboons sounds through the word selection.

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