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Fill in the table with different types of examples from the text above and explain the contexts

of their possible usage. How would you name such approach to classify the varieties of
onomatopoeia? Brainstorm your ideas and discuss them in small group activities.
Interjections Sound words Full-fledge Oddities One-time creation
(grammar words with
level) regular endings
(indirect
onomatopoeia)
 Ah or Ahh, Oh,  whiz, whirr, clang,  Inshort, some varoom, clickety-clack, such as Jon
Huh? Ugh! clatter, rat-tat-tat, kaboom Krakauer’s “THWOCK-
terms of THWOCKTHWOCK-THWOCK”
Eh? Yeck! clink, honk, rumble, onomatopoeic origin to invoke
boom, bang,
have the sound of a helicopter
squeak, swish, growl,
woof, meow, moo, baa, become full-fledged
or Tom Wolfe’s
cluck, neigh, snort, grunt, words taking Ggghhzzzzzzzhhhhhhggggggzzz
hee-haw, cock-adoodle- regular endings. zzzzee
do. eeeong, the sound of Junior
Johnson’s
souped-up car running a
roadblock
Invent your own variants of onomatopoeic words to represent the following sounds
from the box:
Cat purring, bees buzzing, frogs croaking, birds chirping, whistling wind,
flag flapping, crackling fire, ticking clock, marker squeaking on paper or a
dry erase board, creaking door, slamming door, splashing in water, jingling
keys, tea kettle whistling, sizzling oil or bacon, popcorn popping, rustle of
potato chip bag, slurping through a straw…
(From Bryn Donovan’s Master Lists for Writers)
Match the sounds and the possible settings in a novel.
1. the soun ds of a) provides a distan cin g , troublin g effect , a sen se that
photocopy in g an d what goes on in that library is n ot en tirely “book ish”
microfiche machin es but som ethin g pattern ed, repet itive, an d destructive.
2. the clan g of metal b) sugg est that the un iversit y is essen tially a libr ary
doors
3. a sy n thesiz ed music c) as the studen ts are shut in to their sleepin g areas at
track n ight
4 . the ton e an d pitch of d) create a stron g sen se that the un iversit y / library in
the alarms that awak en which they are livin g is in actu ality a prison
them in the morn in g

1b
2d
3a
4c
Choose at least three of the settings offered by Bryn Donovan. Brainstorm the
possible sound representations for depicting the scenes. Work out some sets of
possible words which you would use in your story.
A coffeehouse, a bar, a church service, a weddin g, a graduation ceremon y , a
beauty salon or barbershop, a hotel, an airport, alon g the side of a highway ,
the route of a marathon , an office holiday party , a library , a m usic festival,
a beach, a public pool, a lak e or a river, a hock ey game, an aban don ed
buildin g, a con struction site, a den tist’s office, a hospital, a gy m or fitn ess
cen ter, a tattoo parlor, a back y ard barbecue, a casin o, a political
demon stration , a five-star restauran t, a play groun d, a win ery or a brewery ,
a dark alley .
Indicate the causes and effects of the following
cases of alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia

 Streaked by a quarter moon, the


Mediterranean shushed gently into the
beach. (I.Sh.) AS
 He swallowed the hint with a gulp and a
gasp and a grin. (R. K.) O
 His wife was shrill, languid, handsome and
horrible. (Sc.F.) AL
 The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
the furrow followed free. (S. C.) O
Elina Paliichuk
Indicate the causes and effects of the following cases of
alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia

 The Italian trio tut-tutted their tongues at me.


(T.C.) AL
 "You, lean, long, lanky lath of a lousy bastard!"
(O'C.) AL
 To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock, In a
pestilential prison, with a life-long lock, Awaiting
the sensation of a short, sharp shock From a cheap
and chippy chopper On a big black block. (W.C.)

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Indicate the causes and effects of the following cases of
alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia

 They all lounged, and loitered, and slunk about,


with as little spirit or purpose as the beasts in a
menagerie. (D.)
 "Luscious, languid and lustful, isn't she?" "Those
are not the correct epithets. She is - or rather was
- surly, lustrous and sadistic." (E.W.)
 Then, with an enormous, shattering rumble,
sludge-puff, sludge-puff, the train came into the
station. (A.S.)
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 "Sh-sh."
 "But I am whispering." This continual shushing
annoyed him. (A.H.)
 Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you
are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in
the sky. (Ch. R.)
 Dreadful young creatures - squealing and
squawking. (C.)

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 The quick crackling of dry wood aflame cut through
the night. (Sl.H.)
 Here the rain did not fall. It was stopped high
above by that roof of green shingles. From there it
dripped down slowly, leaf to leaf, or ran down the
stems and branches. Despite the heaviness of the
downpour which now purred loudly in their ears
from just outside, here there was only a low rustle
of slow occasional dripping. (J.)
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1. Match the words below to their rhyming duo based on number of syllables,
and combinations of stressed and unstressed syllables. Write out the strings
of rhyming words.

Book Took Weight Agit at or Deanery


Plat e Vit ally Machinery Sign Affect ion
Marigold Rat e Excit edly Silent ly Manifold
Breakt hrough Shook Eloquence Perfect ion Eight
Navigat or Evidence Barbecue Fat e Speculat or
Scenery St raight Fine But t onholed Violent ly
Might ily Perpet rat or Great Greenery Divine
Excellence Cook Ent irely Reject ion Uncont rolled

2. Make up a short poem using your sets of rhymes. However, in order to be a


sophisticated user, you should refer to Section D. Study the rules. Try to
apply them in your piece of poetry.

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