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Grade 5 English Language - Reading Literature - Onomatopoeia
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Many writers and poets use onomatopoeia in their work. There are obvious and well-known ones, but there is always room for new ones that haven't been thought of before.  If you use alliterative words too, all the better. If you've forgotten, alliteration is when two words or more begin with the same sound, such as the whispering wind.

Grade 5 English Language - Reading Literature - Onomatopoeia
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1. Finish this sentence with an onomatopoeia: The doorbell went...
2. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
A dog.
3. Finish this sentence with an onomatopoeia: The crying baby screamed...
4. This person is diving into the water. What sound will this make?
5. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
A mouse.
6. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
A bomb exploding.
7. Finish this sentence with an onomatopoeia: The bomb went...
8. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
A donkey.
9. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
A snake.
10. What noise will these children make when they jump?
11. This person is diving into the water. What sound will this make?
12. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
An old door slowly moving back and forth in the wind.
13. Finish this sentence with an onomatopoeia: The doorbell went...
14. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
A clock.
15. Finish this sentence with an onomatopoeia: The crying baby screamed...
16. Finish this sentence with an onomatopoeia: The bomb went...
17. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
An old door slowly moving back and forth in the wind.
18. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
A clock.
19. Which onomatopoeic word most appropriately describes the sound made by the given word or situation?
A snake.
20. Finish this sentence with an onomatopoeia: The wolf went...