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What is an Onomatopoeia?

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Dolores Haley


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Matthew Preston

A word that sounds like what it represents such as “buzz “or “hiss”

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Charlotte Coates

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

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Gloria

An onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. In simpler terms, it's a word that sounds like the noise it represents. Common examples include "buzz," "crash," "meow," "sizzle," and "splash." Onomatopoeic words are frequently used in literature, poetry, comics, and everyday language to evoke auditory sensations or describe sounds vividly.

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Angela Stevens

A formation of a word sound which is associated with that word, such as clap, cuckoo, hiss.

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Hi Dolores! The are words that sound as they are spelt. For example, 'boom' or 'meow' are onomatopoeia words because they sound the same when we say them as the noise they are trying to express.

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Mandy Connell

It is when a word sounds like the noise being described e.g. Whoosh, bang, crash...

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Kristyana Papa-Adams

BOOM! One of my favourite questions.


Onomatopoeia is a word that actually looks like the sound it makes and we can almost hear those sounds as we read it. An example is an explosion goes BOOM!

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A word that sounds like its meaning, for example 'sizzling'

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Aims

Onomatopoeia is the literary term for when the sound of a word imitates the meaning of the word - for example, the word 'Bang' means a short loud noise and the word itself is monosyllabic (short) and uses the plosive 'B' sound which sounds harsh.

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Onomatopoeia are words that phonetically resemble the sound that it describes. These words add effect to writing, helping the reader understand the sounds in the story. For example, "boom" or "bang".

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Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like what it is. For example, 'pop' or 'crack' imitate the actual sounds they represent.

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Jyoti Singh

Onomatopoeia is a literary technique, poetic feature, and also a figurative device that combines and expresses sounds of a known object, human, animal, etc. For example, Splash! She jumped into the pool.


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Sabrina Akram Khan

Onomatopoeia:

Definition: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named

Examples: bang, boom, buzz, crash, crunch, beep , meow

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Happiness Nwaubani

It’s simply the use of sounds to describe or associated with an object or a person. Example: buzz, chirping, hiss

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Tobi Ojo

Onomatopoeia is a form of literary device or language technique in which a word vocally imitates the sound it is describing. For example, hiss, bang, crash.

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