An onomatopoeia is a word which, when spoken, sounds like what it is naming. A couple examples would include: buzz, hiss, pop, and boom. Therefore an onomatopoeia is a sound device.
Onomatopoeia is a sound word which imitates the natural sound ofsomething or an animal . For example, the sound made by a cat is meow or purr ; the sound made by water is roar ; the cow's sound is moo . These words: meow, purr, roar and moo are onomatopoeic sounds .
