ONOMATOPOEIA

What Sound Is That?

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Onomatopoeia are words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to.

• Onomatopoeia words help form visual pictures in the readers mind.

• Basically, an onomatopoeia is a word which imitates a noise or action.

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Zip goes the jacket• " Zip" is an onomatopoeia word because it

sounds like a jacket is zipping up. When you zip up a zipper the sound the zipper makes sounds like a zipper

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Buzz• Crash• Hiss• Boom• Squeak• Click• Crackle • Flush

• Kiss• Whoosh• Rattle• Clang• Bang• Drip• Honk• Zap

ONOMATOPOEIA

• The pesky mosquito buzzed around my head.

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Don’t forget to flush the toilet.

ONOMATOPOEIA

• He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes"

ONOMATOPOEIA

• There was a loud boom after before the tornado tore through the small town.

Write all the Onomatopoeia words from the poem.

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.

ONOMATOPOEIA

• Get with a partner. Complete “What Sound Is That?” by thinking of Onomatopoeia words for the object or action given.

• Swap you list with another group and see if they can come up with other Onomatopoeia words that your group did not think of.

REVIEW

• Onomatopoeia are words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to.

• Onomatopoeia words help form visual pictures in the readers mind.

• Basically, an onomatopoeia is a word which imitates a noise or action.

• Buzz, Snap, Hiss, Crackle, Flush, Pop, Bang

OXYMORON

Opposites

OXYMORON

• An Oxymoron is a statement made up of contradictory (opposite) words.

• Oxymoron’s are very effective tool in writing. The idea you're trying to get across is more vividly described when you use an Oxymoron

OXYMORON

• Open Secret• Act Naturally• Icy Hot• Rolling Stop• Taped Live• Silent Yell• Terribly Nice• Legally Drunk

• Small Crowd• Soft Rock• Dress Pants• Front End• Inside Out• Radio Show• Sinfully Good• Young Adult

OXYMORON

• The chocolate candy bar was bitter sweet.

OXYMORON

• That restaurant offers the best jumbo shrimp I’ve ever eaten.

OXYMORON

• I have a student teacher in my English class who is attending Francis Marion.

OXYMORON

• She put the plastic silverware on the table.

OXYMORON

• One fine day in the middle of the night,Two dead men got up to fight,

Back to back they faced each other,Drew their swords and shot another

OXYMORON

• Get with a partner. Match the word in the 1st column with a word in the 2nd column to make an Oxymoron. Write the Oxymoron in the last column.

• Write a sentence on a sentence strip containing one of the Oxymorons from your list.

REVIEW

• An Oxymoron is a statement made up of contradictory (opposite) words.

• Oxymoron’s are very effective tool in writing. The idea you're trying to get across is more vividly described when you use an Oxymoron

• Pretty Ugly; Silent Scream; Jumbo Shrimp; Icy Hot; Small Crowd