Saturday, April 23, 2011

Onomatopoeia

Definition


The use of whose sounds suggest or imitate their meaning. 

Example
Proud penguins
Walking wobbling
Swimming splashing
Divine dolphins
Performing playing
Spinning swiftly.


Siginificance
Onomatopoeia helps bring sound to poems and allows poets bring sound and sense together. This is also  a descriptive language because it can affect our hearing. 

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