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Spoonful #73:ONOMATOPOEIA

8/2/2020

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This rhetorical device deserves an award for using every vowel except one. Even though it's so challenging to spell, its meaning is fairly easy to remember: turning sounds into words. Now it's time for a few examples!


  • the hiss of a boiling teakettle or threatened snake
  • the crackle, snap, and pop of a campfire or bowl of rice krispies
  • the roar of a speeding race car or powerful lion 
  • the honk of a protective goose or irritated driver
  • the aargh of a pirate or pirate-obsessed child

I'm sure you get the idea by now. Can you think of more onomatopoeia words yourself? This is a particularly fun exercise for young children. And a helpful little exercise for adult writers too!

I wish you all a great, healthy week ahead. I'll be back next Sunday with another Spoonful of Grammar. 

Sincerely,
Laura Fineberg Cooper

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Marcia Strykowski link
8/16/2020 05:00:00 pm

The first two I came up with were ZOOM and WHIR, I must be armchair travelling!

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