An onomatopoeia (pronounced: on-o-motta-peeya) is a sound device that creates imagery for the reader. Imagery is the use of techniques that appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.

Onomatopoeias appeal to the sense of sound, making the sounds in the text come alive for the reader.

So, the Onomatopoeia may have a funny name, but it does a cool job!

Onomatopoeias are words that sound like the action they are describing. For example, the word “woosh” describes an action, like something that is moving.

Imagine a fast car passes by and you hear and feel the wind as it moves. It makes a “woosh” sound.

Onomatopoeia's a part of a cool family of sound devices that make prose (sentences and paragraphs) and poetry (lines and stanzas) pop! (See what we did there? 💥)

Some other sound devices include:

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Rhyme

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• Sound Device definitions and examples

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• Onomotopoiea Poem

• Multiple Choice Questions

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Onomatopoeia's a part of a cool family of sound devices that make prose (sentences and paragraphs) and poetry (lines and stanzas) pop! (See what we did there? 💥)

Some other sound devices include:

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Rhyme

Practice onomatopoeias along with other types of sound devices, check into Averie Academy's Decoding Poetry Series featuring Sound Devices.

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