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Level 1: Alliteration
Level 2: Imagery
Level 3: Metaphor
Level 4: Onomatopoeia
Level 5: Personification
Level 6: Simile
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Onomatopoeia is a fancy term for a word that mimics a sound. For example:
Buzz, S
plish-splash, H
ushes, Achoo, R
ing-ring, B
ang, F
izz, H
iss, T
icktock, C
lick, Q
uacked, T
ap, Z
ip, etc.
Level 4: In the poem below the poet uses words like plip, plop to describe the sound the tap makes in the kitchen. List five words that make sounds in the kitchen, this is o
nomatopoeia.
Watch this clip to understand Onomatopoeia:
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=25735