Onomatopoeia

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Objective

I can create my own sentences using onomatopoeic words to describe sounds.

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Warm-up video

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Part 2 of 3

Practice

7 questions

1

What is onomatopoeia? Give one example from the video.

2

The video mentioned using onomatopoeia to make sentences more exciting. Think of a simple sentence and then rewrite it using onomatopoeia to make it more descriptive.

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Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Write a sentence that uses onomatopoeia to describe the sound of rain. Write a sentence that uses onomatopoeia to describe the sound of an animal.

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