home
 
allegory
alliteration
allusion
analogy
anaphora
anastrophe
aposiopesis
apostrophe
asyndeton
chiasmus
climax
ellipsis
hendiadys
hyperbole
hysteron
irony
litotes
metaphor
metonymy
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
paradox
parallel const.
personification
pleonasm
polysyndeton
prolepsis
pun
sarcasm
satire
simile
synecdoche
tmesis
tricolon
zeugma
     
Higher Education Banner
click on the banner to return to the home page


Onomatopoeia
What is it?



Examples
  • The burning wood crackled and hissed; now and again an owl hooted somewhere in the darkness.

  • The car creaked forward once the old engine began to wheeze reluctantly.

Answer

The sound of the word imitates the original sound.