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Formation of words such as hiss or buzz
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onomatopoeia
Alternative clues for the word onomatopoeia
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Onomatopoeia refers to a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Onomatopoeia may also refer to: Onomatopoeia (comics) , a villain in Green Arrow and Batman comic books Onomatopoeia (album) , an album by the band Flobots
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The phonetic sequences involved in either onomatopoeia or sound symbolism are clearly not to be considered semantic constituents. ▪ This phenomenon is distinct from onomatopoeia - it is sometimes called sound symbolism: there ...
Usage examples of onomatopoeia.
The basic form of dolphin/dolphin communication in this view would be a sort of aural onomatopoeia, a drawing of audio frequency pictures- in this case, caricatures of a shark.
There are lots of bells and whistles, too - onomatopoeia, incremental repetition, stream of consciousness, interior dialogue, changes of verbal tense (it has become quite fashionable to tell stories, especially shorter ones, in the present tense), the sticky question of back story (how do you get it in and how much of it belongs), theme, pacing (we'll touch on these last two), and a dozen other topics, all of which are covered - sometimes at exhausting length - in writing courses and standard writing texts.