"Thundering silence" is an example of what?

a) onomatopoeia
b) hyperbole
c) personification
d) oxymoron

D) Oxymoron

Explanation:

It is a direct conflict of itself. Thunder is loud and silence is quiet put them together and you get an oxymoron.

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."

the answer is definitely option c. "sonnet xxxi best illustrates the division. in the octave, the poet observes that the moon is in love. in the sestet, he gives his reaction to the fickleness of woman's love."