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Joan Y. Edwards is author/illustrator of folktale Flip Flap Floodle, a happy little duck who never gives up on his song even in the Mr. Fox's belly. She is author of 4RV Publishing's Joan's Elder Care Guide. It is full of practical hints and resources to promote healing and make caregiving easier. She has published 80 Gospel-Based Crossword Puzzles for Year A, B, and C. She has a Master of Education. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and Charlotte Writers Club. She enjoys watching humorous mysteries, like Columbo and Monk. Time at home, beach and mountain with family and friends energizes her..
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Onomatopoeia Slithering Across the Page to Grab Your Attention

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Wow in a star

It is fun to read and hear examples of onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is the use of words that make sounds like the noise they represent. They make me smile. They get my attention.
Batman and Robin wouldn’t be the same without them: Pow! Bang!
The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe filled his poetry with sensory detail which was often frightening to read and hear but unmistakably frightening. Here’s an excerpt from

“The Bells.”

“Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they outpour
On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Yet the ear it fully knows,
By the twanging,
And the clanging,
How the danger ebbs and flows;
Yet the ear distinctly tells,
In the jangling,
And the wrangling.”
In my book, Flip Flap Floodle, I used onomatopoeia for the sound of the little duck’s name and his song on the flute. “The little duck played on his flute, Flip Flap Floodle, Floodle, Floodle.”How about this one I made up just now. “The snake slithered across the man’s chest and he pushed it into the lake. His heart beat throb throb throbbity throb throb.”

Resources:
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1b5kCvVBo8

2. https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/onomatopoeia-examples/

Please leave a comment with one of your favorite stories or poems that use onomatopoeia or make up your own example for us.

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