Name the figure of speech in this line.
"The splash of oars, the creak of wood, the rattle of the chain."

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"Splash", "creak" and "rattle" each sound like the noise they name, so it is onomatopoeia.

Worth noting

Nothing is called something else, so it is not a metaphor.

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Name the figure of speech in this line."The splash of oars, the creak of wood, the rattle of the chain."