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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - English Language - Middle School - Reading - Craft and Structure - Onomatopoeia
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Onomatopoeia is the use of words to imitate a sound or idea.  For example, if you have two people who are fist fighting, you could say, “Wham! He punched him in the face one more time.”  “Wham” is used to convey the sound of a fist contacting the face.
 

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - English Language - Middle School - Reading - Craft and Structure - Onomatopoeia
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10 Questions

1. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
Eek! She screamed as a mouse ran across the floor.
2. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
There was a loud zap just before he fell.
3. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
He gasped for breath when his head came out of the water.
4. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
The steak was delivered to the table still sizzling.
5. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
The boom of the fireworks made the baby cry.
6. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
Beep, beep - his horn sounded out yet again.
7. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
The snow crunched under our feet as we made our way home.
8. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
His little feet went pitter, patter across the floor boards.
9. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
Baa, baa black sheep have you any wool?
10. Choose the onomatopoeic word or words.
The car whizzed by us with lightning speed.