Transcript Poetry_Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia
The rusty spigot
sputters, utters a splutter,
spatters a smattering of drops,
gashes wider;
slash, splatters, scatters, spurts,
finally stops sputtering
and splash!
gushes rushes splashes
clear water dashes.
Onomatopoeia
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Onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural
sounds in word form.
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These words help us form mental pictures
about the things, people, or places that
are described.
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Sometimes the word names a thing or
action by copying the sound.
Brainstorm!
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With a partner, take 3 minutes and
brainstorm all the onomatopoeia you can
on your sheet of chart paper!
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To get you started…
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Buzz
Bang
Boom
Hiss
Pow
Expanding your brainstorming
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For each of the words you listed, write a
person's name, a place or a thing that first
comes to their mind when you hear the
word.
Writing Sentences
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Write 5 sentences that contain at least one
example of onomatopoeia.
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Ex. The bee buzzed by my head.
Writing a Paragraph with Onomatopoeia
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Look at the two pictures in front of you.
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Write a paragraph that describes the
action in the picture and include as many
onomatopoeia words as you can.