Onomatopoeia Quiz

What does onomatopoeia mean?

• It's when words sound like what they mean

• It's when you compare two things

• It's a way to make words rhyme

Which type of books use a lot of sound words like 'bang' and 'crash'?

• Storybooks

• Comics/Graphic novels

• Dictionaries

What would comics or graphic novels be like if they didn't use sound words like 'bang' or 'crash'?

• They would have more descriptions

• They would be less exciting and less vivid

• They would be more about facts

What sound do you hear in this scene?

• Birds chirping

• Tree Crashing

  "crash"

• People talking

What do good writers use to make their writing better?

• Punctuation marks

• Sound words

• Complex sentences

What noise made Kristy scream?

• A car horn

• Thunder & lightning

• A dog barking

Which word sounds like a noise?

• green

• puppy

• swoosh

What word sounds like the noise of "Ken cooking his steak on the grill"?

• Buzz

• Sizzle

• Whistle

What do words like "WHOOSH", "BANG", and "SPLAT" usually stand for in comic books?

• Sounds

• Dialogues

• Descriptions

Read the sentence and pick the sound word.
Mrs. Davis was sitting by her pond listening to the frogs croak.  

• croak

• Mrs. Davis

• pond