Onomatopoeia

What is an Onomatopoeia?

• A literary device in which a word imitates the sound it names

• A comparison using like or as.

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of nearby words.

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What word is the Onomatopoeia in this sentence?

There was a loud vroom as he revved the engine.

• revved

• vroom

• loud

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Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
*What is the onomatopoeia?

• grumbling
• teacher

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What word is the Onomatopoeia in this sentence?

The girl screamed: “Eek!” as she thought she saw a monster in her closet.

• monster

• eek

• girl screamed

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An onomatopoeia is also known as what?

• An action word
• A descriptive word
• A sound word
• A statement

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Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.

Kristen's brother is the coolest because he can burp the alphabet.

• brother

• alphabet

• Kristen

• burp

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Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  

• croak
• Mrs. Davis
• frogs
• pond

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Choose the correct onomatopoeia for a bird.

• bleet

• sweet

• feet

• tweet

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What onomatopoeia goes best with this picture?

• Take-off!
• Pow!
• Blast!
• Fly

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I _______________ when I saw the mouse.

• sizzled

• fizzed

• rumbled

• screeched

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