Answer to Question #165762 in English for Ralph

Question

III. Underline the onomatopoeic word/words used in the following quotations. Then write the object and the sound it makes in the blanks provided.

With a whoosh of rockets and the thud of mortars the attack began.

1.     Object:           ____________________       Sound: ____________________

2.     Object: ____________________      Sound: ____________________

 

Bullets whizzed or ripped the air and cut into the tree trunks; our gun locks clicked.

1.     Object: ____________________      Sounds: ____________________

2.     Object: ____________________      Sound: ____________________

Answer 1

Onomatopoeic words are words which imitates the natural sounds of a thing and creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described. The following underlined words are examples of onomatopoeic words.

With a whoosh of rockets and the thud of mortars the attack began.

1.     Object:     rockets       Sound: whoosh

2.     Object:    mortars      Sound: thud

Bullets whizzed or ripped the air and cut into the tree trunks; our gun locks clicked.

1.     Object: bullets      Sounds: whizzed/ripped

2.     Object: gun     Sound: clicked