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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 September 2024. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo Burp Chomp Cough Hiccup Hum Slurp Yawn Ow, Ouch Sounds made by devices or other ...
Onomatopoeia (or rarely echoism) [1] is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Common onomatopoeias in English include animal noises such as oink , meow , roar , and chirp .
[3] [4] As a young girl, Mary kept a pet lamb that she took to school one day at the suggestion of her brother. A commotion naturally ensued. Mary recalled, "Visiting school that morning was a young man by the name of John Roulstone; a nephew of the Reverend Lemuel Capen, who was then settled in Sterling, Massachusetts. It was the custom then ...
Jumble: a kind of word game in which the solution of a puzzle is its anagram. Chronogram: a phrase or sentence in which some letters can be interpreted as numerals and rearranged to stand for a particular date. Gramogram: a word or sentence in which the names of the letters or numerals are used to represent the word.
You know the classic examples of onomatopoeia like “boom,” “splat,” and “pow,” but there are plenty of words you use every day that are also onomatopoeia! The post 50 Examples of ...
Such composers as Rodgers and Hart (in their 1934 song "Blue Moon"), and Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser (in their 1938 "Heart and Soul") used a I–vi–ii–V-loop chord progression in those hit songs; composers of doo-wop songs varied this slightly but significantly to the chord progression I–vi–IV–V, so influential that it is sometimes referred to as the '50s progression.
Remaining pages of Poe's handwritten manuscript for "The Bells", 1848. " The Bells " is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in 1849. It is perhaps best known for the diacopic use of the word "bells". The poem has four parts to it; each part becomes darker and darker as the poem progresses ...
Rhyme scheme. A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other. An example of the ABAB rhyming scheme, from "To Anthea, who may Command him Anything", by Robert Herrick: