1. Onomatopoeia
From selected poems

2. What is onomatopoeia? Definition:_____________________________
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Examples:_____________________________

3. From “Dirge” by Kenneth Fearing
And wow he died as wow he lived Going whop to the office and blooie home to sleep and biff got married and bam had children and oof got fired, Zowie did he live and zowie did he die Very much missed by the circulation staff of the New York Evening Post; deeply, deeply mourned by the B.M.T. Wham, Mr. Roosevelt; pow, Sears Roebuck; awk, big dipper; bop, summer rain; Bong, Mr., bong, Mr., bong, Mr., bong.

4. From “hist whist” by e.e. cummings
little hoppy happy toads in tweeds tweeds little itchy mousies with scuttling eyes rustle and run and hidehidehide whisk whisk look out for the old woman with the wart on her nose what she’ll do to yer nobody knows

5. From “What the Motorcycle Said” by Mona van Duyn
Bram rackety-am-m, OM, Am:
All – r-r-room, r-r-ram, alabaster –
Am, the world’s my oyster.
I hate plastic, wear it black and slick,
Hate hardhats, wear one on my head,
That’s what the motorcycle said.