Achoo!
More fun to say it than to sneeze it, right? Sound words are downright fun to
read aloud to and with a young child or a group of young children. They love to
join in and become a part of the activity.
Sound
words have a name, and it’s a mouthful. Onomatopoeia. It simply means a word the imitates its sound. Clink.
Honk. Jingle. You can use this figurative language to pizzaz, pop, and
sizzle writing.
Onomatopoeia makes writing more descriptive and
memorable because we can easily imagine the sound and picture the scene.
Writers use the sense of sight more than the
other senses. Visual clues help the reader imagine the scene, but other senses
add to the overall picture. Sound words are fun to create, too. How would a
drop of water hitting a pond sound? Maybe, plop. Plink. Plip. How
would it sound hitting a rock? Pa-plip. Ka-plop. Dopp.
Have
fun writing a story or poem using sound words. Listed below are some ideas to
boost your imagination.
Create zoo music: roar,
grrrrrrrrr, screech...
Night sounds: whooooo,
chirp, hiss…
Parade: boom, oompa,
toot, beep-beep, clack, clang…
Animal: arf, baa,
moooooo, squawk, flap, tap-tap-tap…
Nancy Kelly Allen has written 50 children’s
books and a cookbook, SPIRIT OF KENTUCKY. Check out her blog at www.nancykellyallen.com
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