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Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound like what they describe.

ZZZ ZZZZ ZZZZ	Kookoo Kookoo	ding dong ding dong... dong ding ding dong!!...	choogochoogo...	meow	woof woof

Dad is sleeping. He can't hear	the cuckoo clock, (it is midnight)	the chimes of Big Ben,	a steam train that goes choo choo,	a cat that meows,	a dog that barks,

bang! ahhhhhhh	rrrrrrrrrrrrr	crash!	tocotoco.../ dubdubdub...	neeeeee

a car accident,	a screech of tires	a second car that crashes into the first one,	the noise of a helicopter,	a horse that neighs,

Moo	Bawk bawk bawk bawk	Baaaaaa	Oink oink	arr arr arr (hee haw )

a cow that moos,	a hen that clucks,	a sheep that baas,	a pig that grunts,	an ass that brays.

And now...	waaaaaaaaaaa	ding dong ding dong ding dong	knock knock,knock	zzz zzzz zzz

	the baby is crying,	the doorbell is ringing,	somebody is knocking at the door	and Dad is still snoring!!!!

onomatopoeic verbs

to bubble	to drop	to gurgle	to sizzle	to whirl
to click / to clack	to flutter	to kick	to splash	to whisper
to crack	to gasp	to pop	to tinkle	to vroom
to crackle	to grumble	to rustle	to whip	to zip

Interjections / exclamatory words


achoo!	boo!	huh!	gosh!	hush! / shh!	oops!


ouch!	phew!	wow!	yuck!	yum-yum!

Uses of onomatopoeia

Poem

Camping

Crack! Crack!
The fire crackles under the stars.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The water sizzles above the fire.
Crunch! Crunch!
The campers crunching on potato chips.
Click! Clack! Click! Clack!
The tent poles clicking and clacking together.
Rustle! Rustle!
As we prepare our sleeping bags to go to sleep.
Chirp! Chirp!
The crickets say, “good-night”.

Comic books

Painting

Whaam! (1963) by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein

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Choose the right word.
I'll never eat grilled caterpillars.
I have burnt the chicken! What will we have for dinner?
...I've just been stung by a wasp!
I have finally finished all my holiday homework.

Don't make any noise; the baby is sleeping!

Onomatopoeias are not the same across all languages.
A Romanian horse says 'ni-ha-ha', an English one says .
In Spain, ducks go 'cua-cua'. In England, they go
When my nephew Stuart hears I hear it as 'cocorico'.
In Japan a sheep goes 'meh-meh', in Sweden it goes 'beee-beee', a British one says
Can you guess which animal goes 'ssss' in almost all languages?

When you enter the little shop, bells in the doorway.
Five fat sausages in a pan: one goes 'pop', the other goes 'bang'.
During the St Jean festivities, hundreds of fires across the Roussillon plain.
Through the window, I can see sparrows that and peck at the bird feeder.
In autumn, when the wind blows, the leaves fall and to the ground.

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