Onomonotopoeia
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onomatopoeia [on--mat--pee-a], the use of words that seem to imitate the sounds they refer to (whack, fizz, crackle, hiss); or any combination of words in which the sound gives the impression of echoing the sense. This figure of speech is often found in poetry, sometimes in prose. It relies more on conventional associations between verbal and non-verbal sounds than on the direct duplication of one by the other. Adjective: onomatopoeic.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Christopher Baldick. Oxford University Press, 1996. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Temple University. 1 February 2007
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
"I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, / And the wild water lapping on the crag" (ll.70-71)Alfred Tennyson, Morte d'Arthur
--Drew 21:41, 31 January 2007 (EST)
