Onomatopoeia (I learned to spell it by remembering it in pieces: Ono Mato Poe Ia, although that's not how it's pronounced) is the use of a word or words that so

Onomatopoeia (I learned to spell it by remembering it in pieces: Ono Mato Poe Ia, although that's not how it's pronounced) is the use of a word or words that sound like the thing they describe. Comic book sound effects--boom! bang! biff!--are a good example of this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia