Onomatopoeia
What is
ONOMATOPOEIA?
•The “popcorn” of the writing world is
onomatopoeia, or sound effect words.
•Onomatopoeia is just the tool a writer
needs to describe sounds made by
common objects, animals, or nature.
Sound Words
•Sound words are used to create
specific sounds or moods.
•These can give your stories,
poems, plays, or comic strips just
the right zing!
Animal Sounds
• Cow
• Cat
• Pig
People Sounds
• Baby
• Person snoring
• 4th grader eating
Machine Sounds
• Telephone
• Car
• Chainsaw
Hitting Sounds
• Bat
• Drum
• Boxing
More Sounds
• Blast
• Bird
• Keyboarding
Putting Onomatopoeia to
Use
• When Hollywood makes a movie, an
artist creates special sound effects
so the action will seem real.
• Onomatopoeia, especially when read
aloud, can make your writing come
alive just like sound effects in the
movie.
Fasten your seatbelts, Loose change and sunglasses,
All hands inside, Fly from your pocket.
Everyone aboard for the Swoop round the sharp bend,
Roller coaster ride! Twisting in a loop,
Click-clack, click-clack Scream like a Banshee,
Creeping up the hill, Yelling out a whoop!
Daredevil laughter, Sail down the valleys,
Ready for the thrill. Race up the hills,
S-L-O-W-L-Y, S-L-O-W-L-Y Nothing else can equal
Cresting to the top, Roller coaster thrills.
Hands start to tremble, Clickety-clack, clickety-clack,
Hearts almost stop. Round the final bend,
Plunge down the steep slope, Why does every roller coaster
Faster than a rocket, Have…to…have…an…end?
Onomatopoeia, My what a
I think that when you’ve
word! It means every
read this list, you’ll get the
sound effect you have ever
main idea…All these crazy
heard. Crash, crunch, zing,
sound effects are
zip, meow, munch, roar, rip,
onomatopoeia! Once you
sizzle, crackle, splat,
learn to say that word you
kerplunk, bang, clank, woof,
kind of want to yell it, but
thunk, hiss, whiz, oink,
even though you yell the
moo, pong, ping, bong, bing,
word I bet you cannot spell
sniff, snap, cough, achoo,
it! You can learn to spell
dong, ding, pong, ping,,
this word in just a single
bong, bing, zap, zing!
day…
O-N-O--M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A
Start off with a “BANG”!
Onomatopoeia-The use of words whose
sound makes you think of their meaning.
• Buzz • Smack
• Zip • Gulp
• Slurp • Crush
• Snip • Drip
• Pop • Creek
• Ding • Sizzle
• Hiss • Snap
Summarization of what
we have learned
• Onomatopoeia is used to bring to life a
story, poem, play, or movie.
• Onomatopoeia, or sound effects greatly
enhances the author’s writing.
• Onomatopoeia helps you think of the
meaning of the sound.
• Onomatopoeia describes sounds made by
common objects, animals, or nature.
• Onomatopoeia is fun to use and spell!
Assignment
Creating Onomatopoeia
Here’s a chance to create crazy sound
effects and put those sounds into
letters.
1. Bacon cooking--sizzle
2. A crying baby—waaa!
3. A newborn kitten—meow
4. A window breaking—crash!
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