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it is any word that, when pronunced, sounds like whatever it is referring to....

2007-01-07 21:14:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

the point of spelling issues phonetically is to describe to non English audio device (or those who dont communicate it very well) a thanks to pronounce issues. there is no reason to spell it incorrectly because it truly is a be conscious interior the English language. If we spelt phonetic incorrectly, then we'd want to besides spell each little thing the way it sounds and be performed with phonetics altogether.

2016-12-01 19:36:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

It is spelled "onomatopoeia." It is a word which, when said out loud, sounds similar to the sound's meaning. Examples: hiss, swoosh, tintinnabulation, twitter, shush, tinkle. The writer Edgar Allen Poe used this literary technique to great effect. A former teacher of mine helped us with the spelling by pointing out that there is a "poe" in the letters of the word onomatoPOEia,

2007-01-03 21:27:27 · answer #3 · answered by curious1 3 · 0 0

In British English it is spelt omomatopeia and it is simply the formation of a word resembling the sound it makes. "Cuckoo" and
"miaow" are examples.

2007-01-03 21:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0 0

Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled omomatopœia) is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as “bang” or “click”, or animal such as “moo”, “oink”, “quack”, or “meow”.

2007-01-03 21:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled omomatopœia) is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as “bang” or “click”, or animal such as “moo”, “oink”, “quack”, or “meow

2007-01-03 21:25:45 · answer #6 · answered by Squashes 2 · 0 0

onomatopoeia (UK) words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning. e.g. "hiss" or "meow." More subtly, the pattern and rhythm of sounds and rhymes of a line or poem may be onomatopoeic.
A celebrated example of onomatopoeia is the repetition of the word "bells" in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Bells."

2007-01-03 21:21:23 · answer #7 · answered by ammie 4 · 0 0

onomatopoeia is the term for a word that sounds like what it's referring to e.g. splash, boom, bang, clank etc.

When you sound out the word you approximate the noise that whatever you are referring to makes.

2007-01-03 21:20:26 · answer #8 · answered by Judge G 2 · 1 0

it is a technique used in poetry where the words you use sound like the ides they are trying to convey(does that make sense). e.g.
'pitter patter raindrops' the words pitter patter sound like the sound of rain dropping

2007-01-03 21:21:02 · answer #9 · answered by D B 6 · 0 0

It means words that sound like they are

crash, bang, ding, dong, meow, woof etc

It's commonly referred to when studying poetry.

2007-01-03 21:30:10 · answer #10 · answered by Nattelie 2 · 0 0

It's when a word resembles a sound when read aloud - like 'swish' or 'miaow'.

2007-01-03 22:42:01 · answer #11 · answered by Andrea G 1 · 0 0

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