Figurative Language-Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Metaphor

An onomatopoeia is also known as what?

• An action word
• A descriptive word
• A sound word
• A statement

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  

• croak
• Mrs. Davis
• frogs
• pond

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Wow, Hailie's race car zoomed past the finish line.

• zoomed
• car
• wow
• finish 

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.
Saya was doing the dishes and the clanging pots awoke the baby.

• pots
• clanging
• dishes
• awoke

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

Our feet squished in the mud.

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• none

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.

I love the swish of the basketball net.

• basketball

• swish

• onomatopoeia

• net

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

There was a loud bang when the door shut.

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• none

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.

The cars crashed into each other.

• crashed

• cars

• each

• other

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.

Kristen's brother is the coolest because he can burp the alphabet.

• brother

• alphabet

• Kristen

• burp