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Onomatopoeia

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Used when a word sounds like the one it is describing …..buzz…bark…moo…meow.

Jamie
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2 Responses to “Onomatopoeia”

Larva on June 2nd, 2008 3:47 pm

Ive heard of this before. Its used in poetry a lot isn’t it. Another example would be “Bang”, or “Boom”
dombrowski.m on September 9th, 2008 2:47 pm

bonus points for being a metaword–a word that describes words!

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