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onomatopoeia

onomatopoeia. The use of words that sound like the noise they name or that are spelled the way they sound. Bam Bang Beep Boing Boom Burp Boosh Clap Crackle Ding-dong. Hiccup Ka-boom Ping pong Plop Poof Thud Tick-tock Squish Swoosh Zap. Examples:.

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onomatopoeia

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  1. onomatopoeia The use of words that sound like the noise they name or that are spelled the way they sound.

  2. Bam Bang Beep Boing Boom Burp Boosh Clap Crackle Ding-dong Hiccup Ka-boom Ping pong Plop Poof Thud Tick-tock Squish Swoosh Zap Examples:

  3. Machine sounds • Aside from the above, machines are usually described with: • Automobile- "honk" for the horn, "vroom" for the engine, and "screech" for the tires • Train - "clickety-clack" crossing a junction and "choo-choo" for the whistle. • Cash register – “cha-ching”

  4. Animal sounds For animal sounds, these onomatopoeia are typically used in English: • Bird - "chirp", "tweet" • Chicken - "cluck" • Crow - "caw" • Dove - "coo" • Duck - "quack" • Owl - "hoo" or "hoot" • Rooster - "cock-a-doodle-doo" • Turkey - "gobble" • Insects - "buzz"

  5. Animal sounds continued… • Mammals • Cat - "meow" and "purr" • Cow - "moo" • Dog - "woof", "ruff" • Donkey - "hee-haw" • Frog - "ribbit", "croak” (amphibian) • Mouse/Rat - "squeak" • Pig - "oink", "wee-wee-wee" • Sheep - "baa" • Reptiles • Snake - "hiss", "sss"

  6. ba-boom bang bam bark bawl beep belch bing blab blare bling blurt boing bong bonk boom bow-wow bump burble burp buzz ca-ching cheep (parot) chop clang clank clap clatter click cock-a-doodle-doo crack crackle crash crash-boom (lightning strike) cuckoo ding More Onomatopoeias…

  7. ding-dong dong drip fwat gasp goosh grumble grunt gurgle hee-haw (donkey) hiccup hiss honk huff hum hurl ka-blam ka-boom klap (Spanish for gunshot) meow moo murmur oink ping-pong plop poof pop, popped, popping puff quack rat-tat-tat-tat (beginning of machine gun fire) ring roar roared rustle scratch Even More Onomatopoeias…

  8. screech sigh sizzle sniff spit splash splat splut squawk squeak squeal squelch squish swoosh tat-tat-tat-tat thump thwap tick tick-tock ting tink tock tweet tweet vroom wham woosh yip yip (dog screaming) zang zap zip zoom zzzzz And Still More Onomatopoeias…

  9. Assignment • Write a fable containing at least 15 onomatopoeias. • Please make your onomatopoeias stand out from the rest of your writing. • For example: The fox howled at the moon. • 1 point for each onomatopoeia and 5 points for writing quality (20 points total) • The draft of this assignment is due on Wednesday, March 25th

  10. What is a fable? • A story that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are personified and that have a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed in a maxim. • Maxim examples: • A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. • A friend in need is a friend indeed. • A rolling stone gathers no moss. • You can't tell a book by its cover. • Birds of a feather flock together.

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