Multiple choice

The figure of speech in which the sound suggests the sense or meaning is known as

  1. Alliteration

  2. Onomatopoeia

  3. Oxymoron

  4. Transferred Epithet

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Explanation

Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech where words imitate sounds - the sound suggests the sense. Examples include 'buzz,' 'hiss,' 'bang,' 'crash,' and 'meow.' Alliteration is repetition of initial sounds, oxymoron combines contradictory terms, and transferred epithet moves adjectives, but only onomatopoeia creates sound-meaning unity.