Onomatopoeia Definition: Onomatopoeia are words that sound like the objects they name or the sounds those objects make.

Zip goes the jacket. “Zip” is an onomatopoeia word because it sounds like a jacket being zipped up. When you zip a zipper, “zip” is the sound it makes.

Can you find it? The burning wood crackled and hissed; now and again an owl hooted somewhere in the darkness. The car creaked forward once the old engine began to wheeze reluctantly.

The burning wood crackled and hissed; now and again an owl hooted somewhere in the darkness. The car creaked forward once the old engine began to wheeze reluctantly.

Mechanical Onomatopoeia Buzz Beep Whirr Click Clack Clunk Clatter Clink

Fast Motion Onomatopoeia Boing Varoom Vroom Whoosh Swish Swoosh Zap Zing Zip Zoom

Musical Onomatopoeia Twang Oompah Plunk Ting Ding Ring Ping Clang Bong Jingle Jangle Honk Toot Rap Tap Boom Rattle Plunk Hum Clap Snap

Food and Eating Onomatopoeia Food may crackle or sizzle and oil may splatter. When we pour something to drink, it may go splash, kerplunk, or gush, but hopefully it won’t drip. When we open a soft drink, it will probably fizz. When it’s time to eat, we’re likely to nibble, munch, gobble, and crunch.

Food and Eating Onomatopoeia Food may crackle or sizzle and oil may splatter. When we pour something to drink, it may go splash, kerplunk, or gush, but hopefully it won’t drip. When we open a soft drink, it will probably fizz. When it’s time to eat, we’re likely to nibble, munch, gobble, and crunch.

Action Onomatopoeia Pow Bif Bam Whomp Thump Smash Zowie Bang Wham

Animal Onomatopoeia meow (cat) moo (cow) neigh/whinny (horse) bark/woof/bow-wow (dog) oink (pig) roar (lion) tweet (bird) cluck (hen) peep (chick) cock-a-doodle-doo (rooster)

Match the following sentences to the onomatopoeia that describes them. A plate being dropped on the floor. A balloon being burst. A gun being shot. Someone eating Rice crisps. A light being switched on. A fierce dog. A small bell being rung. TINKLE BANG SMASH GROWL POP CRUNCH CLICK

Match the following sentences to the onomatopoeia that describes them. A plate being dropped on the floor. A balloon being burst. A gun being shot. Someone eating Rice crisps. A light being switched on. A fierce dog. A small bell being rung. SMASH POP BANG CRUNCH CLICK GROWL TINKLE

How do we use Onomatopoeia in Poetry?

The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe Hear the sledges with the bells-- Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells-- From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

Hear the mellow wedding bells Golden bells Hear the mellow wedding bells Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight! From the molten-golden notes, And all in tune, What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats On the moon! To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells! Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a gush of euphony voluminously wells! How it swells! How it dwells On the Future! how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells--

Write down each word in the following poem that could be considered “onomatopoeia.”

Marching Band boom! boom! bang the drum ta-diddy-ta! here they come pah! pah! trombone grand bright silver sound in marching band ting! ting! triangle ring sharp and high sound in sky wrreee! wrree! whistle blow Majorette leads the row wah! wah! bagpipes moan wheel around and head for home

Marching Band boom! boom! bang the drum ta-diddy-ta! here they come pah! pah! trombone grand bright silver sound in marching band ting! ting! triangle ring sharp and high sound in sky wrreee! wrree! whistle blow Majorette leads the row wah! wah! bagpipes moan wheel around and head for home

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

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

Your Turn! Must have three stanzas Each stanza must have four lines Each stanza must contain at least one use of onomatopoeia You may choose one of the following topics or create your own: A day at the amusement park A day at the zoo The gymnasium Watching a parade Caught in a rain storm The traffic downtown

Your Turn! Must have three stanzas Each stanza must have four lines Each stanza must contain at least one use of onomatopoeia You may choose one of the following topics or create your own: A day at the amusement park A day at the zoo The gymnasium Watching a parade Caught in a rain storm The traffic downtown HONORS