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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 />
+==Origin==
-: To fruit, periodicals, and business letters<br />
+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>
-: (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.
+==Examples==
+: Buzz<br />
+: Hiss<br />
+: Swoosh<br />
+: Slurp<br />
+: Fizz<br />
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-[[Literary Terms]]
+==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>.
-== Works Cited ==
-* Cuddon, J.A. ''A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. 1998.
+[[Literary Terms]]
-* Webster, Merriam. ''Encyclopedia of Literature''. 1995.
 [[Category:Literary Terms]]