what is a description of the literary device onomatopoeia? A. A word's pronounciation sounds like the thing it describes. B. A writer gives human characteristics to something nonhuman. C. Two things are compared without the use of the word like or as. D. Two things are compared with the use of the word like or as.

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A. A word's pronunciation sounds like the thing it describes.

Onomatopoeia refers to words that phonetically imitate or resemble the sound that they describe, such as "buzz," "hiss," or "clang."