Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. It is commonly used in comic strips as action sounds and in nursery rhymes.
Buzz – for a bee
Hiss – for a snake
Moo – for a cow
Woof – for a dog
Pow – for a punch
Whoosh – for a rocket taking off
Tick-tock – for a clock
Old MacDonald had a farm,
Ee i ee i oh!
And on that farm he had some chickens,
Ee i ee i oh!
With a cluck-cluck here,
And a cluck-cluck there Here a cluck, there a cluck,
Everywhere a cluck-cluck
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i oh!
Onomatopoeia is used to help the reader hear and be involved in the writer's written word, by describing the action with a sound.
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