onomatopoeia
Example Sentences
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Churchill’s use of alliteration, onomatopoeia and other devices served him as tools to fix “on paper the sound of the human voice,” Mr. Stiles writes.
At these times Mr. Jones seems to be aiming for pure onomatopoeia, a language that wholly reproduces the aural texture of rural life.
Because there is no onomatopoeia that could distill the noises this animal makes.
From Seattle Times
One type is onomatopoeia; for example, words that describe a cat’s meow or a rooster’s crow are similar across many languages.
From New York Times
An even more challenging and creative way to use body percussion is to create onomatopoeia in accordance with the lyrics, mimicking or relating to the sounds presented in the rhyme.
From Literature
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