Onomatopoeias

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

An onomatopoeia is also known as what?

• An action word

• A descriptive word

• A sound word

• A statement

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

• croak

• Mrs. Davis

• frogs

• pond

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line.

• zoomed

• car

• wow

• finish 

​ (a)   is one way to get the full effect of onomatopoetic words.

• Reading silently

• Being very literal

• Reading out loud

• Never reading comic books

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

A word that sounds like what it means.

Example: Buzz

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

What is Onomatopoeia?

• calling something by its parts

• calling something by its attributes

• calling something by its sound

• calling something by its comparison

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Saya was doing the dishes and the clanging pots awoke the baby.

• pots

• clanging

• dishes

• awoke

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeic word.
"When Hannah pressed the gas, she took off so quickly that her tires screeched."

• pressed

• screeched

• gas

• tires