:) 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 (i think it's b but i'm not sure) (where hippos grunt, is the underlined portion.)

Onomatopoeia is the correct answer.

Explanation:

An onomatopoeia is a word that tries to imitate the natural sound of something, in this case, how the hippos grunt. In the excerpt, we can see strong consonants together, such as "r", "p", and "t" sounds very close, trying to imitate the sound a hippo produce. It is necessary to remark that even there are synonyms (like snort) the effect on the reader might be different.

Assonance refers to the repetition of a vowel sound in different words that are close.

Alliteration is a device in which some words with the same consonant sound (at the beginning) are put together.

Rhyme is the similar sound between two words or their corresponding endings, usually at the end of a line in poetry.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)