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Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia - a figure of speech in which a word or phrase creates (or
imitates) a sound effect, especially the sound of its own meaning.
Some common examples include the following:
boom bang drip drop click clack clang zoom
The sounds that animals make are examples of onomatopoeia (meow,
woof, buzz, quack, oink, cluck, etc.) Incidentally, animals make different
sounds in different languages—or, at least, people in different places
interpret the sounds that animals make in different ways. For example, in
American English, we would say that the dog says bow-wow or woof-woof.
In German, the dog says wau-wau; in Finnish, hau-hau; in French, ouahouah, in Russian, gaf-gaf, in Hebrew, hav-hav; in Japanese, wan-wan; and in
Spanish, gua-gua.
In action comics, the words inside the jagged edged clouds are almost
always onomatopoeic. Fill in a few of your own favorites below:
Interjections (word that are used to show emotion or excitement) are often
examples of onomatopoeia:
Ouch! Wow! Gosh! Hooray! Yippee! Whoo-hoo! Oh, snap! Drats!
But onomatopoeia can be used as other parts of speech as well:
Noun: The loud crash woke me up.
Verbs:
The water gurgled through the pipes.
Adjective: The rickety stairs were covered in dust.
Adverb: We sluggishly made our way home.
The Use of Onomatopoeia in Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
List six examples of onomatopoeia used on page 76:
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Look at the longest paragraph on page 77.
Find the example of onomatopoeia that is used as an interjection:
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Find an example of onomatopoeia that is used as a verb:
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Find two examples of onomatopoeia that are used as nouns:
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Now look at page 78. Find four examples of onomatopoeia that are used as verbs:
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Create Your Own Onomatopoeia
Create a completely new word for each of the following situations. Make
sure that your word “sounds like” it should!
The sound of a wave lightly creeping up the sand: _____________________
The sound of a wave smashing against a rock: ________________________
The sound of wet sneakers squeaking on a tile floor: ___________________
A word for the feeling of being wrapped in a cozy blanket: ______________