An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it makes. The document provides examples of onomatopoeic words like splash, boom, honk, moo, neigh, clap, waah, quack, shhh, ruuff, and meow that mimic the sounds made by things like water, thunder, cars, cows, horses, babies, ducks, kids, dogs, and cats. It includes a poem and exercises to help identify onomatopoeic words.

1. What is Onomatopoeia?
An onomatopoeia is
a word that imitates or
suggests the source of the
sound that it makes.

2. Let’s Practice
“I Hear Noise” by Keora CLAP, CLAP,
I hear the people go H.
I hear the water go SPLASH, SPLASH,
SPLASH CLAP
I hear the thunder go BOOM, BOOM, I hear the baby go WAAH, WAAH,
BOOM WAAH
I hear the car go HONK, HONK, I hear the duck go QUACK, QUACK,
HONK QUACK
I hear the cow go MOO, MOO, I hear the kids talking I go SHHH, SHHH,
MOO SHHH
I hear the horse go NEIGH, NEIGH, I hear the dog go RUUFF, RUUFF,
NEIGH RUUFF
I hear the drums go BOOOM, BOOOM, I hear the cat go MEOW, MEOW,
BOOOM MEOW

3. List the Onomatopoeic Words
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4. Let’s check if you got them?
1. Splash
2. Boom
3. Honk
4. Moo
5. Neigh These are onomatopoeic words
6. Booom because they imitate the actual
7. Clap sounds of the animals, objects,
8. Waah and humans.
9. Quack
10. Shhh
11. Ruuff
12. Meow

5. Test
What is the onomatopoeia in this sentence?
1. The donkey brays everyday.
a. Donkey
b. Brays
c. All of the above
d. None of the above

6. Test
What is the onomatopoeia in this sentence?
1. The donkey brays everyday.
There is no onomatopoeia in the sentence
above. This is because “bray” describes
the sound the donkey makes but “bray” is
not THE sound the donkey makes.
HEE-HAW is the actual sound
the donkey makes and this
would be an onomatopoeia.

7. Test
What is the onomatopoeia in this sentence?
2. The rooster crows in the morning.
a. Rooster
b. Crows
c. Rooster crows
d. None of the above

8. Test
What is the onomatopoeia in this sentence?
2. The rooster crows in the morning.
There is no onomatopoeia in the sentence
above. This is because “crow” describes
the sound the rooster makes but “crow” is
not THE sound the rooster makes.
Cock-a
doodle-
do
COCK-A-DOODLE-DO is the
actual sound the rooster makes
and this would be an
onomatopoeia.

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