Question

I peered inside the luminous tent and instantly recognized numerous people from the town. They gazed toward the top of the tent at a courageous trapeze artist who swung perilously above them. I took a seat beside the door and held my breath waiting for the next act. Crack! I almost jumped out of my seat when I heard the ringmaster’s whip splinter the air. Throughout the night, the entertainers kept the crowd engaged with a variety of wild and crazy events. Then, the carnival characters took their bows and ended their performance. Afterward, the townspeople walked wearily, but jubilantly, home.

"[W]hen I heard the ringmaster's whip splinter the air" is an example of which figurative device?
A) alliteration
B) hyperbole
C) metaphor
D) onomatopoeia

Answer 1

@welshfella

Answer 2

@mathmale

Answer 3

@5ever

Answer 4

@GIitter

Answer 5

@Awolflover1

Answer 6

@Kevin

Answer 7

I think you must look at the sound of the whip is like a 'splinter'

Answer 8

hyperbole

Answer 9

@welshfella

Answer 10

Look i'm not absolutely sure of this by i think its onomat0poea.

Like something 'sizzles' in a frying pan - the word sounds like the noise