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.

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

Onomatopoeia is a word in the form of a sound that it is associated with. For example, meow, cuckoo, boom, etc.

Hi dolares! To answer your question simply, Onomatopoeia is when a word is spelt how it sounds; an example would be "cuckoo" or "sizzles". If you'd like a more detailed answer, its when the word format phonetically resembles how it sounds, hope this helps :)

Onomatopoeia is a word that describes phonetically that which it is referencing. For example "BANG" "Swoosh" or "Tick Tock" of a clock.

Hi Dolores, onomatopoeia are words that produce sounds. For example, 'boom', 'bang', 'crash'. Onomatopoeia is excellent for creating sound imagery so that your reader can easily imagine the sounds in a description or narrative.

Onomatopoeia is when you have a word spelled exactly how it sounds e.g. plop or whizz

Onomatopoeias are words that look like the sound they make. You see this a lot in comics with words like bang, boom, zoom or zap.

Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it is describing: boom, pop, hiss, for example. As an examiner I see pupils using onomatopoeia a lot in their creative writing essays. I would advise you not to overuse this technique and never use it just to "tick a box". Many pupils believe that if they use every literary method - metaphor, repetition, alliteration, personification etc. - they will gain higher marks. They seldom do as using so many methods just looks clumsy, overused and often irrelevant. Oh, and if you have to use onomatopoeia don't write it in capital letters with lots of exclamation marks after it: only Year 7s should do this.

Onomatopoeia is a word which sounds like the thing it is describing.

E.g The leaves crunched under my footsteps.

E.g Fireworks bang very loudly.

Here are some simple but effective examples:

Snap – tree branches snapping

Whoosh – wind blowing

Whisper – of the wind

Splash - of the sea/waves

Chatter - of the people

Hello Dolores. Onomatopoeia is what we call a literary device. This means it is a choice of word or phrase that a writer uses so that the reader can 'picture' something in more detail.

An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the noise it makes. You could say for example:

I stood on the twig and it broke.

This is a very simple sentence and everybody understands it but if we use the word "CRACKED" instead of "broke" by saying the word 'cracked', which is an onomatopoeia, we actually hear the noise of the twig breaking because the hard C/K sound replicates the noise of the twig breaking and we not only picture the twig breaking but we hear it too.

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.

Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech, or words and phrases, that sound like their meaning. An example is “buzz.” When we picture a bee in our minds, the sound that the bee makes sounds similar to the word for it: “buzz.” Other examples of onomatopoeia include “ding dong” or “boom!”

Onomatopoeia is when a word describes a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken. Examples of this would be...

Sounds an animal makes - how a dog may 'bark' or a snake 'hisses'

Sounds people make - 'clap' or 'giggle'

Sounds things make - 'fizzle' and 'poof'

It is when we form words from how things sound. For example, buzzing from the buzz sound that the bees make.