"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."
Showing posts with label Onomatopoeia. Show all posts
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Sunday, 5 April 2009

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia (on-o-mat- o-PEA-a) is using words that imitate the sound they denote.


Examples include words such as "hiss". "tick-tock", "click", "clang", "buzz", "burble", "bang", "oink", "moo", and "meow".