The soup gurgles and splats on the stove when it boils over” is an example of

Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile

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The phrase "The soup gurgles and splats on the stove when it boils over" is an example of onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate the natural sounds associated with them, in this case, "gurgles" and "splats" imitate the sounds of the boiling soup.