The train click-clucked, click-clucked monostonously over the rail.
"Plop-plop-fizz-fizz, oh what a relief it is." --Alka Seltzer ad
"And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back."
--Lewis Carrol (from "The Jabberwocky," Through the Looking Glass...; also found in Disney's Alice in Wonderland, sung by The Cheshire Cat)
Some examples of onomatopoeic words are:
*see attached link for onomatopoeia in popular culture
Examples of onomatopoeias include "buzz" for the sound of a bee, "splash" for the sound of something hitting water, and "crash" for the sound of something breaking.
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ouch! grrr! arg! moo! meow! etc.
Some examples of onomatopoeias in "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry include "rustle" to describe the sound of leaves moving, "crack" to represent a noise made by breaking twigs, and "slam" to depict a door closing loudly. These words help create a vivid sensory experience for the reader.
ding-dong-a-ling-dang (page 9 )
Krakatoa comes to mind, as the name of a famous volcano in the 1800's. The name itself sounds like an explosion.
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ahh...... ARGHHH!! :)
beans
wham
Onomatopoeias.
"His words cut through the silence like a knife." "The memory clung to me like a shadow." "She was a shining star in a sea of darkness." "The room was as quiet as a graveyard."
i heard the crackle of the leaves as i raked them.
Yes. pretty much all sounds are onomatopoeias.
In "The Cay," three onomatopoeic words spoken are "splash," "crash," and "roar."