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An expression of feeling through sound. Most people express feelings by talking or acting a certain way. When using onomatopoeia one relates feelings to sounds, such as hearing the ocean waves along the coast, to hearing a gunshot. Both sounds are and can be expressed differently from one person to the next. Onomatopoeia is mostly used in poems, novels, and short stories. When an author uses onomatopoeia, s/he tries to give the audience a vocal and visual sense of the story. For example in these lines from Eliot’s “Dry Savages”:
A descriptive word that’s pronunciation imitates the sound of the action that it is referencing.<ref>Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed. Vol.1 New York: Norton, 2006. Print.</ref> It's meant to sound like its namesake and is commonly called a sound word.<ref>Tonge, Pamela. "Basic Reading of Sound Words-Onomatopoeia." Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/5/00.05.11.x.html>. </ref> It is used to help the reader receive a fuller experience by mimicking the sound of the animal, machine, musical instrument, or action.<ref>"Definition of onomatopoeia in English." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/onomatopoeia>.</ref>


: When the train starts, and the passengers are settled<br />
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: To fruit, periodicals, and business letters<br />
: (And those who saw them off have left the platform)<br />
: Their faces relax from grief into relief,<br />
: To the sleep rhythm of a hundred hours.<br />


These few lines are mostly onomatopoeia, the rhythm used in the second line describes the clickety-click of wheels on rails.
==Origin==
Ancient Latin and Greek meaning "word making”.<ref>"Definition of onomatopoeia in English." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/onomatopoeia>.</ref>
 
==Examples==
: Buzz<br />
: Hiss<br />
: Swoosh<br />
: Slurp<br />
: Fizz<br />
 
 
==References==
#Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed. Vol.1 New York: Norton, 2006. Print.
#Tonge, Pamela. "Basic Reading of Sound Words-Onomatopoeia." Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/5/00.05.11.x.html>.
#>"Definition of onomatopoeia in English." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/onomatopoeia>.
#>"Definition of onomatopoeia in English." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/onomatopoeia>.


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[[Literary Terms]]
[[Literary Terms]]


== Works Cited ==
[[Category:Literary Terms]]
 
* Cuddon, J.A. ''A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. 1998.
* Webster, Merriam. ''Encyclopedia of Literature''. 1995.

Latest revision as of 23:32, 15 November 2013

A descriptive word that’s pronunciation imitates the sound of the action that it is referencing.[1] It's meant to sound like its namesake and is commonly called a sound word.[2] It is used to help the reader receive a fuller experience by mimicking the sound of the animal, machine, musical instrument, or action.[3]

Alt Examples

Origin

Ancient Latin and Greek meaning "word making”.[4]

Examples

Buzz
Hiss
Swoosh
Slurp
Fizz


References

  1. Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed. Vol.1 New York: Norton, 2006. Print.
  2. Tonge, Pamela. "Basic Reading of Sound Words-Onomatopoeia." Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/5/00.05.11.x.html>.
  3. >"Definition of onomatopoeia in English." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/onomatopoeia>.
  4. >"Definition of onomatopoeia in English." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/onomatopoeia>.


Literary Terms

  1. ↑ Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th ed. Vol.1 New York: Norton, 2006. Print.
  2. ↑ Tonge, Pamela. "Basic Reading of Sound Words-Onomatopoeia." Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2000/5/00.05.11.x.html>.
  3. ↑ "Definition of onomatopoeia in English." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/onomatopoeia>.
  4. ↑ "Definition of onomatopoeia in English." Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Web. 15 Nov 2013. <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/onomatopoeia>.
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