2007-12-19 10:35:09 · 6 answers · asked by Mathwiz97 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Aliteration - a repitition of a letter or consonant sound - Example : twinkling tips of trees
Onomat...... - a word that sounds like what it means - Example : Bang, buzz, pow
2007-12-19 10:39:41 · answer #1 · answered by Red Ibanez 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ever watch "Educating Rita?" 'Tis a good, old movie. In this movie, Susan is a working-class woman who's trying to get a university education. She learns "alliteration" by calling it "... getting the rhyme wrong." Alliteration is a couple of words (maybe more) that begin the same. "Getting the rhyme wrong" is alliterative because "rhyme" and "wrong" begin with the same sound. Tongue twisters frequently rely on alliteration to make them difficult- "Rubber baby buggy bumpers" or "She sells sea shells by the sea shore"
Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like a sound- "Achoo!" is a good example. But so is "knock" or "buzz" or "hum." Most animal sounds are onomatopoetic- "meow" and "bark" and "hiss."
2007-12-19 18:46:28 · answer #2 · answered by going_for_baroque 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alliteration is when the first consonant of a word is being repeated over and over, like Sarah Sold Seashells ,
onomatopoeia is when a word means what is sounds like ;
bang, boom, etc.
2007-12-19 18:45:28 · answer #3 · answered by » Mary ! 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
alliteration is the same sound at the begining of a phrase/sentence-
ex. the terrible tornado tears our town
onomatopoeia are sound words-
ex. HISS! BANG! BAM!
good luck!
2007-12-19 18:43:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Billy's big blue balls bounce brilliantly! (that's alliteration)
Onomatopoeia is a word that describes the sound it is making...."bang", "meow", "achoo", "slurp"
2007-12-19 18:39:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
alliteration - silly sally sells seashells by the seashore
onomatopoeia - words that sound like they are - like boom and squeak
2007-12-19 18:43:53 · answer #6 · answered by 50's Wifey 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋