Figurative Language: Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the noise it describes.
Examples:
| abracadabra | blast | chirp | clout | drop | whizz |
| ahem | bleat | chitchat | cluck | drum | whoop |
| baa | blubber | chomp | clunk | drumming | whop |
| babble | blurt | choo-choo | cock-a-doodle-doo | dump | wretch |
| bam | bong | chortle | cough | echo | yank |
| bang | bonk | chug | crack | fizz | yell |
| banging | boo | clack | crackle | flash | yelp |
| bap | boom | clang | crash | flick | yip |
| barf | bow-wow | clanging | creak | flicker | zap |
| bark | brush | clank | creaking | flip | zigzag |
| bash | bubble | clanking | crisp | strum | zing |
| bawl | bump | clap | croak | tick | zip |
| bawling | burp | clapping | crumple | tremble | zipper |
| beep | buzz | clash | crunch | waffle | zoom |
| belch | buzzing | clatter | cuckoo | whack | |
| belching | cackle | click | ding | whine | |
| blab | caw | clink | dingdong | whirl | |
| blare | chatter | clip-clop | dong | whispered | |
| blaring | cheep | clop | drip | whistle |
Onomatopoeia in a poem:
The Ride Home
The engine goes vroom as the big bus rolls,
While backpacks go thud in jumbled-up shoals.
Laughter goes ha-ha from the very back seat,
As gum makes a pop in a sugary beat.
The brakes screech eeek as we near my street,
I hop off with a whoosh — freedom’s so sweet!
Go Bulldogs!!
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