♥ Onomatopoeia ♥

DEFINITION:

The use of words with sounds that imitate or suggest their meaning

EXAMPLE:

Crack an Egg
Crack an egg.
Stir the butter.
Break the yolk.
Make it flutter.
Stoke the heat.
Hear it sizzle.
Shake the salt,
just a drizzle.
Flip it over,
just like that.
Press it down.
Squeeze it flat.
Pop the toast.
Spread jam thin.
Say the word.
Breakfast's in .

SIGNIFICANCE:

Onomatopoeia makes up words when no other existing words will do to describe that word. It has Latin roots, meaning “to make names”. Onomatopoeia exists in everyday language, and in poetry, it helps us form mental pictures about the things, people, or places that are described. Additionally, onomatopoeia makes the poem more lively and realistic – in which it attracts the reader more.