English-2
Grade-9
Easy

Question

The loud _______ of the explosion startled everyone.

  1. Sound
  2. Boom
  3. Commotion

hintHint:

Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech which phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

The correct answer is: Sound


    Answer - boom. Here, boom is an example of onomatopoeia.
    in the above sentence, boom is the figure of speech used. 

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