Spoonful #73:ONOMATOPOEIA

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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