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Poetry. Onomatopoeia , Alliteration, and Lyric. Example by Eve Merriam. The rusty spigot sputters, utters a splutter, spatters a smattering of drops, gashes wider; slash, splatters, scatters, spurts, finally stops sputtering and plash! gushes rushes splashes clear water dashes.
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Poetry Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, and Lyric
Example by Eve Merriam The rusty spigotsputters,uttersa splutter,spatters a smattering of drops,gashes wider;slash,splatters,scatters,spurts,finally stops sputteringand plash!gushes rushes splashesclear water dashes.
Your Turn... Can you think of some examples? -
“The Bells”-Edgar Allen Poe What are the onomatopoetic words? Are they effective in the poem? Why or why not?
ENG2P: Alliteration What is it? When the beginning of words start with the same consonant or vowel sounds in stressed syllables– and the words are closer together. It is a device that is used to have a dramatic impact on the listener. The sounds may sound similar even though the letters may not be similar, such as city and seal, fish and philosophy, quick and cat.
Try it out... Angus the ape ate an avocado B_______________________________________ C_______________________________________ D_______________________________________ E________________________________________ F________________________________________
Robert Frost- “Nothing Gold Can Stay” Nature’s first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay.