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What is the term for a word or phrase that represents 'sound words' such as "buzz" or "hiss"?

AHyperbole

BOnomatopoeia

COxymoron

DAlliteration

Answer:

B. Onomatopoeia

Read Explanation:

  • Onomatopoeia - examples - meow, splash, boom, beep etc 
  • Hyperbole is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration for emphasis or effect (അതിശയോക്തി, ഉള്ളതിലും വലുതാക്കിപ്പറയുക)
  • Example -
    • I am so hungry I could eat all the food here./ ഇവിടെയുള്ള എല്ലാ ഭക്ഷണവും കഴിക്കാനുള്ളത്ര വിശപ്പ് എനിക്കുണ്ട്.
  • Oxymoron - An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory or opposing words to create a new meaning. (പരസ്പരം വൈരുധ്യം ഉള്ള പദങ്ങൽ കൂട്ടി പ്രയോഗിക്കൽ - opposite)
  • Example -
    • Acted naturally (സാധാരണമായ അഭിനയം)
    • Bittersweet (ഒരേ സമയം വേദനയും സന്തോഷവും നല്‍കുന്ന)
  • Alliteration - Repetition of the initial(തുടക്കത്തിലുള്ള) consonant sounds in a series of words (ശബ്ദാവര്‍ത്തനം).
  • Example:
    • "Sally sells seashells by the seashore." (The repetition of the "s" sound in this sentence is alliteration.)
    • Red rose 
    • Black bucket
    • French fry.

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