Literature-Onomatopoeia Part 1

Underline the examples of onomatopoeia in each of the following:

1. From the thick grass at the foot of the bush came a low hiss--a horrid cold sound that made Rikki-Tikki jump back two clear feet.

--Rudyard Kipling, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"

2. The whing of father's racquet and the whack

of brother's bat on cousin's ball.

--Isabella Gardner, "Summer Remembered"

3. You could hear the tinkle of ice in a lemonade pitcher. In the distant kitchen, because of the heat of the day, someone was preparing a cold lunch.

Someone was humming under her breath, high and sweet.

--Ray Bradbury, <U>The Martian Chronicles</U>

4. See how he dives

From the rocks with a zoom!

--William Jay Smith, "Seal"