(A) An exaggerated statement
(B) A sound effect
(C) A comparison of two things using like or as
(D) ** The use of a word associated with a sound.
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Concept note-1: -Onomatopoeia is the use or creation of a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Such a word itself is also called an onomatopoeia. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as oink, meow (or miaow), roar, and chirp.
Concept note-2: -Onomatopoeia is a literary device in which a word is used to represent a sound. For example, the words ‘pop’, ‘crack’ and ‘splat’ are all onomatopoeic. Onomatopoeia can also be used to represent the sounds that animals or people make.
Concept note-3: -Onomatopoeia is the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to (such as hiss or murmur). It can also include made-up words or simply a series of letters, such as zzzzzz to represent a person sleeping or snoring. The adjective is onomatopoeic or onomatopoetic.
Concept note-4: -Onomatopoeia definition: a word that sounds like the noise it describes. Some onomatopoeia examples include the words boing, gargle, clap, zap, and pitter-patter.
Concept note-5: -These words seem to mimic what they represent out there in the world-the sounds of explosions, of laughter, of hiccups, and of roosters. The literary term for these kinds of words is “onomatopoeia, ” from the Greek words “onoma, ” meaning name, and “poiein” meaning to make.