Onomatopoeia

Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?

• run

• silly

• hit

• bang

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which word is NOT an onomatopoeia?

• BOOM

• SPLASH

• CALL

• SIZZLE

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate sound.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the onomatopoeia in the following sentence?

The kid jumped in the pool with a big splash!

• kid

• pool

• splash

• jumped

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which of these sentences does NOT contain onomatopoeia?

• The really red rose is beautiful.

• The floor creaked as I walked across it.

• The race car screeched down the road.

• The bee was buzzing in my ear.

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.

*What is the onomatopoeia?

• stomach.

• hearing

• grumbling

• no onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which detail from the passage below contains an example of onomatopoeia?

• "Alecia woke at dawn..."

• "She pulled the pillow over her head..."

• "...birds twittering in the tree outside"

• "Didn't the birds know it was Saturday?"

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Use onomatopoeia to complete the sentence.

Miranda tossed the tomato off the building and watched it ________________ on the sidewalk.

• fall

• explode

• land

• splatter

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Find the examples of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.

She dropped the shoe to the floor with a satisfying thud.

• thud

• floor

• satisfying

• dropped

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Find the examples of onomatopoeia in the following sentence.

Overnight, the tiny trickle from the leaking pipe had become a gushing waterfall.

• Overnight, leaking

• trickle, gushing

• trickle, leaking

• gushing, waterfall

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.4