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ONOMATOPOEIA
The lion ROARED

The steaks SIZZLED in the pan.

The bomb went off with a BANG.


Places where we might
use

ONOMATOPAEIA

Poems

Adverts

Story writing

Comic books
Examples
Brainstorm
What other sound words can you come up
with?
Let’s play a game
• Each table will get a picture
• ( DO NOT SHOW TO OTHER TABLES!)
• You will need to come up with 3 – 4 onomatopoeia words to
describe the sound
• Let the other tables guess your picture by the sounds you make
• The first team to guess correctly gets 5 points
Onomatopoeia in Advertising
MAZDA (car) ADVERT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=8DvbO6-k_SM&feature=related
Activity
Write in your workbooks

Create a jingle or slogan for a favourite product

Eg – Rice bubbles “snap, crackle and pop”

Eg – Mazda Car “zoom, zoom, zoom”

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