Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is a type of poem that uses a figure of speech that employs a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object. Use a word to imitate a sound.

Examples:

To Grandma’s We Go

By Natasha Niemi

Rumble! Rumble!

The thunder roars.

Drip! Drip!

The rain comes down.

Boom! Boom!

The thunder shakes the window panes.

Run to the car! Run to the car!

Splash! Splash!

To Grandma’s we go

For hot cocoa.

Zoom! Zoom!

Camping

By Natasha Niemi

Crack! Crack!

The fire crackles under the stars.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The water sizzles above the fire.

Crunch! Crunch!

The campers crunching on potato chips.

Click! Clack! Click! Clack!

The tent poles clicking and clacking together.

Rustle! Rustle!

As we prepare our sleeping bags to go to sleep.

Chirp! Chirp!

The crickets say, “good-night”.

My Example:

Fallen Down

By: Amy Jorgenson

 

Crunch! Crunch!

The leaves break.

Stomp! Stomp!

My feet go.

The faster I move,

Gasp! Gasp!

As I take a breath.

That is until,

Crash! Boom! Crash! Boom! “Oops!” I’ve fallen down.