Literature-Onomatopoeia Part 1
What is the example of onomatopeia in each excerpt? Write it in the space provided.
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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,
The Martian Chronicles
4. See how he dives
From the rocks with a zoom!
--William Jay Smith, "Seal"
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