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Onomatopoeia is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, which sound(s) the same as the sound it is describing. An example of this is the word splash! Onomatopoeia is a device often used within poetry?. The corresponding word for a similar, although visual, effect is phanopoeia?. |
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In linguistics, onomatopoeia refers to the device of a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, with a sound imitating the sound it is describing. Examples include splash, bang, click, fizz. Onomatopoeia is a device often used within poetry. See also phanopoeia?, melopoeia?, logopoeia?. |
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