Onomatopoeia

Definition: onomatopoeia are words that sound like the objects they name or the sounds those objects make.

Example

Zip goes the jacket

" Zip" is an onomatopoeia
word because it sounds
like a jacket is
zipping up.

"Zip" is an example of onomatopoeia because it sounds like what it is. When you zip up a zipper the sound the zipper makes sounds like a zipper. Here are other onomatopoeia words:

Boom, bang, slash, slurp,
gurgle, meow,and woof



Cafeteria

Boom!
Went the food
trays.
Clap! Clap!
Goes the teacher.
Rip!
Went the
plastic bag.
Munch! Munch!
Go the students.
Slurp!!!
Went the straws.
Whisper
Is what
half the kids
in the room
are doing.
Crunch!
Crunch!
go
the candy bars.

By: Rachael

The Hockey Game

30 seconds 'til the game is over.
Tick tock.
Tick tock.
Oh no!
Slap!
Bang!
There goes the puck!
Clink!
Clank!
Clink!
Clank!
The puck is heading for the goal!
Clang!
Clang!
Goal!
Buzz!
Buzz!
Buzz!
Game over! Lummis wins!
Rustle!
Clap!
Yackety Yak!
We won!

By: Rachel



Pizza Parlor

Wee!
Wee!
Goes the dough in the air.
Splat !
Splat !
Goes the sauce on the dough.
Sprinkle.
Sprinkle.
Goes the cheese on the sauce.
Flop!
Flop!
Goes the pepperoni on the cheese.
Sizzle!
Sizzle!
Goes the pizza as it cooks.

By: Alex

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Classic Onomatopoeia poems