I am going to give my rabbit the name of "Thump".
A thump word can be used to add emphasis or intensity to the sentence. For example, "The car came to a sudden thump as it hit the pothole," where "thump" emphasizes the abruptness of the car hitting the pothole.
The writer quotes the words of another person.
He was a writer. Words were all he had.
There was a thump in the attic, and they all stared at each other in fear. He gave the bread dough a strong thumb before he started kneading it.
Sadness. If this does not help, use your thesaurus. ~By Unknown Writer
Onomatopoeia is a vivid description of a sound, which mimics the sound itself. So, for your example: footsteps could be described as "thump, thump, thump" or "click clack, click clack", depending on the type of footsteps you are describing.
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It depends on the modern writer. Dr. Suess used very few words indeed. Others have a much more extensive vocabulary.
Writers use citations for references to other writer's works when they use a writer's specific word or words, or when using another writer's information or ideas. This is to give credit to the original author and avoid the appearance of plagiarism.
antonyms; opposite of
Using the right words - leaves the reader in no doubt of what the writer is trying to say.