1. onomatopoeia
The use of words that sound like the noise they name or that are spelled the way they sound.

2. Examples: Bam Bang Beep Boing Boom Burp Boosh Clap Crackle Ding-dong
Hiccup
Ka-boom
Ping pong
Plop
Poof
Thud
Tick-tock
Squish
Swoosh
Zap

3. Machine sounds
Aside from the above, machines are usually described with:
Automobile- "honk" for the horn, "vroom" for the engine, and "screech" for the tires
Train - "clickety-clack" crossing a junction and "choo-choo" for the whistle.
Cash register – “cha-ching”

4. Animal sounds
For animal sounds, these onomatopoeia are typically used in English:
Bird - "chirp", "tweet"
Chicken - "cluck"
Crow - "caw"
Dove - "coo"
Duck - "quack"
Owl - "hoo" or "hoot"
Rooster - "cock-a-doodle-doo"
Turkey - "gobble"
Insects - "buzz"

5. Animal sounds continued…
Mammals
Cat - "meow" and "purr"
Cow - "moo"
Dog - "woof", "ruff"
Donkey - "hee-haw"
Frog - "ribbit", "croak” (amphibian)
Mouse/Rat - "squeak"
Pig - "oink", "wee-wee-wee"
Sheep - "baa"
Reptiles
Snake - "hiss", "sss"

6. More Onomatopoeias… ba-boom bang bam bark bawl beep belch bing blab
blare
bling
blurt
boing
bong
bonk
boom
bow-wow
bump
burble
burp
buzz
ca-ching
cheep (parot)
chop
clang
clank
clap
clatter
click
cock-a-doodle-doo
crack
crackle
crash
crash-boom (lightning strike)
cuckoo
ding

7. Even More Onomatopoeias…
ding-dong
dong
drip
fwat
gasp
goosh
grumble
grunt
gurgle
hee-haw (donkey)
hiccup
hiss
honk
huff
hum
hurl
ka-blam
ka-boom
klap (Spanish for gunshot)
meow
moo
murmur
oink
ping-pong
plop
poof
pop, popped, popping
puff
quack
rat-tat-tat-tat (beginning of machine gun fire)
ring
roar
roared
rustle
scratch

8. And Still More Onomatopoeias…
screech
sigh
sizzle
sniff
spit
splash
splat
splut
squawk
squeak
squeal
squelch
squish
swoosh
tat-tat-tat-tat
thump
thwap
tick
tick-tock
ting
tink
tock
tweet tweet
vroom
wham
woosh
yip yip (dog screaming)
zang
zap
zip
zoom
zzzzz

9. Assignment Write a fable containing at least 15 onomatopoeias.
Please make your onomatopoeias stand out from the rest of your writing.
For example: The fox howled at the moon.
1 point for each onomatopoeia and 5 points for writing quality (20 points total)
The draft of this assignment is due on Wednesday, March 25th

10. What is a fable?
A story that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are personified and that have a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be expressed in a maxim.
Maxim examples:
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
You can't tell a book by its cover.
Birds of a feather flock together.