Thursday, May 19, 2011

Poetry Term #18

18) Onomatopoeia


Definition:
A figure of speech which words are use to imitate sound.

Example:

Boom!
Went the food

trays.
Clap! Clap!
Goes the teacher.
Rip!
Went the
plastic bag.
Munch! Munch!
Go the students.
Slurp!!!
Went the straws.
Whisper
Is what half the kids
in the room
are doing.
Crunch!
Crunch!
go
the candy bars.


Significance:
Onomatopoeia words describe word vividly. They are real life sound in our daily life so they give us an easy way to understand a word by it's sound. They also expand our interests for the poem. 


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