Onomatopoeias

The stone splashed and plinked into the lake as it skipped across.

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

Splash and plink make sounds

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

• "Alecia woke at dawn..."

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

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

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

Onomatopoeia is

• using the same sound to start several words.

• using words to mimic sounds.

• repeating a word or phrase.

• exaggerating for effect.

Which of the following are examples of onomatopoeia?

• salty, sweet, sour

• meow, baa, ribbit

• orange, pink, silver.

• loud, soft, deafening.

________________ is one way to get the full effect of onomatopoetic words.

• Reading silently

• Being very literal

• Reading out loud

• Never reading comic books

Use onomatopoeia to complete this sentence.

The basketball almost hit him, but instead it _____________ past his head.

• whooshed

• sailed

• sped

• flew

Use onomatopoeia to complete the sentence. Miranda hurled the tomato off the building and watched it ________________ on the sidewalk.

• fall

• land

• splatter

• explode

What do writers pay most attention to when they use onomatopoeia?

• the visual imagery

• the way words sound

• spelling and punctuation

• the literal meanings of words.

Which of the following sentences uses onomatopoeia?

• I ate noodles with chopsticks.

• My sister slurped down her spaghetti.

• The chef rolled out a sheet of dough to make pasta.

• I love sushi so much; it's probably my favorite food.

Which of the following sentences uses onomatopoeia to describe a bee?

• The busy bee flew behind us.

• The busy bee buzzed all around the hive.

• The busy bee was as active as a hurricane.

• They bee moved around the hive a million times.