What is an Onomatopoeia?

Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like what it names or represents. For example, words like "boing", "clap" or "cuckoo" are all onomatopoeic vocabulary. As a literary or artistic choice, onomatopoeia can create a sense of vividness and immediacy, adding a textural dimension to writing through a conscious and playful patterning of sound.

Onomatopoeia is a literary device in which a word is used to represent a sound. For example, the words 'pop', 'crack' and 'splat' are all onomatopoeic. Onomatopoeia can also be used to represent the sounds that animals or people make.

Onomatopoeia is when the words sounds like it is. For example buzz, fizz, pop

It is a word that phonetically sounds like it's meaning for example 'howl', 'screech'

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound like their sound such as buzz, snap or thud. You wouldn't write 'an onomatopoeia'. Here's how you could use this literary term in a sentence:

"... the writer uses onomatopoeia such as 'hiss' and 'roar' to contribute to the powerful descriptions of animals in the poem."

"...the writer uses onomatopoeic words including 'snap' to heighten the impact of their description and add to realism."

Onomatopoeia is the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds e.g. meow, oink, buzz etc.

Onomatopoeia is a sound device created when a word imitates or evokes the sound it refers to—for instance, words like hiss, clang, buzz, growl, boom, drip, and splash.

Writers often choose words that have an appropriate onomatopoeic effect, such as:

The leaves crunched underfoot.

The dishes clattered on the floor as they fell.

The cat hissed menacingly.

Onomatopoeia comes the from Greek onomatopoiia meaning: "the making of a name or word".

An onomatopoeia is when you can literally hear the sound being spoken about e.g. crack, bang

1. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
2. "a relatively large number of bird names arise by onomatopoeia"

• the use of onomatopoeia for literary effect.
• "the language in her picture books is notable for its playfulness and onomatopoeia"

An onomatopoeia is the naming od a thing or action by imitation of the sound, For example boom to demonstrate a loud sound.

An Onomatopoeia is a word that physically sounds like what it describes, for example “Buzz”, “Bang”, “Ding”.

Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which a word imitates the sound it represents. It is a word that phonetically resembles or suggests the sound it describes. Onomatopoeic words are often used in literature, poetry, comics, and everyday language to evoke auditory sensations and create vivid imagery. Examples of onomatopoeic words include "buzz," "hiss," "crash," "bang," "meow," "woof," "sizzle," and "splash." These words mimic the sounds associated with the actions, objects, or events they represent, enhancing the sensory experience for the reader or listener.

Think of the word "tree". Does anything about the letter T-R-E-E have anything to do with the tree itself? No, not at all. This is the same with most words in a language. The letter B-O-Y in the word "boy" don't really have any connection with what the word means!

Onomatopoeias are really special and different because the letters DO have a connection with what the word means. "BOOM", goes the bomb. "MEOW", sounds really close to the noise a cat makes when it meows. MOOOO, says the cow, and so on!

So, an onotmatopoeia is a word that copies or closely resembles the word it represents.

Bang! Crash! Thud! Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like what it means.

Onomatopoeia is a literary technique used in English. It is when words sounds like the noise that is being described. Examples include: BAM, SPLASH, CRASH, SPLAT.