2018-03-22 Pronunciation: more onomatopoeia

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: Handout - circle the onomatopoeic word and then write who or what made the noise
1 grunted - Tommy
2 bang - you and the drum
3 slurped - the dog
4 gulped - Vince
5 clacked - heels (= high-heeled shoes)
6 zipped - Ronald and the sleeping bag
7 rattle - the snake’s tail
8 thud - books
9 crashed - the two-year-old
10 clinking - glasses
11 clicking - pen
12 sprayed - Angie with the hose
13 jingle - keys
14 barks - dog
15 honked - Chris with the horn (Your horn can also beep.)
16 sizzling - bacon
17 wail - sirens
18 strum - the guitar
19 squeak - shoes
20 ticking - clock
21 flapped - flag (The sentence looks like the sunset also flapped in the wind.)
22 tapping - his pencil
23 splattered - paintball
24 boomed - fireworks
25 shrieked - Reuben
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With your partner, write five sentences using different onomatopoeia (which could be from one of the handouts or your own idea).
(Note that some of the ones on the bottom half of the page are interjections, but they are not onomatopoeia.)
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The lion was roaring in his cage asking for food.
When my son stole some coins from me, I heard the kerplunk when he tried to save them in his piggy bank.
I gave my dad new car keys and I yelled, “Ta-da!”
The guy next to me was slurping his drink really loudly.
Bzzt! She touched a cable by accident.
The sound of a bell is faintly heard: ding-ding.
The old woman missed the bus. Then she said to herself, “Gosh!”
It’s 4pm. Oops, I forgot to call my mom.
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I need to catch some Z’s. = I need to sleep a bit.
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sigh
gasp
sob
- These are of imitative origin, but are now the regular verbs for those actions.
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It’s possible that the words “baby”, “mama” and “dada” come from onomatopoeia of the sounds babies make.