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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

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If the underlined portion of the stanza is where hippos grunt, then it is an example of the sound device known as onomatopoeia.
Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which sounds coming from nature are imitated. So, the verb grunt evokes some animal sounds that can be heard in nature. 

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A. Onomatopoeia

Explanation:

If the underlined portion of the stanza is where hippos grunt, then it is an example of the sound device known as onomatopoeia.  Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which sounds coming from nature are imitated (ex. POP! BANG! WOOSH!). So, the verb 'grunt' evokes some animal sounds that can be heard in nature.

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