Our Word for Wednesday theme for May is onomatopoeia. An onomatopoeic word imitates the sound of the action or thing it describes. Onomatopoeic words are often used to describe animal sounds (chirp, hiss, meow, oink, squeak, etc), collisions (crash, bang, wallop, etc.); voice-related sounds (grunt, giggle, guffaw, rasp, wheeze, etc.); and water-related sounds (drip, gush, trickle, pitter-patter, etc.). So far we’ve looked at the words bumblebee, flip-flop, and hiccup. Today’s word is sizzle. Sizzle is a verb used to describe something that is making hissing a sound like that of frying fa...
Our Word for Wednesday theme for May is onomatopoeia. An onomatopoeic word imitates the sound of the action or thing it describes. Onomatopoeic words are often used to describe animal sounds (chirp, hiss, meow, oink, squeak, etc), collisions (crash, bang, wallop, etc.); voice-related sounds (grunt, giggle, guffaw, rasp, wheeze, etc.); and water-related sounds (drip, gush, trickle, pitter-patter, etc.). So far we’ve looked at the words bumblebee and flip-flop. This week's word is hiccup. The word hiccup imitates the chirping sound made by a spasm of the diaphragm and the sudden closure...
Our Word for Wednesday theme for May is onomatopoeia. An onomatopoeic word imitates the sound of the action or thing it describes. Onomatopoeic words are often used to describe animal sounds (chirp, hiss, meow, oink, squeak, etc), collisions (crash, bang, wallop, etc.); voice-related sounds (grunt, giggle, guffaw, rasp, wheeze, etc.); and water-related sounds (drip, gush, trickle, pitter-patter, etc.). Last week we looked at the word bumblebee and today’s onomatopoeic word is flip-flop. A flip-flop is a casual backless sandal which is held in place with a y-shaped strap between the big toe and...
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