In addition to being one of the most fun words to say—and hardest to spell—in English, “onomatopoeia” probably calls to mind a whole bunch of silly, fun words. Onomatopoeia is the process of creating ...

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A staple — or, more accurately, a necessity — of comic book art is the use of words like “BOOM!” or “SMACK!” or other words that resemble common and exciting sounds to better immerse the reader in the ...

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The other day in the English composition class that I teach at the Austin Community College campus in Elgin, I identified a writer’s use of silk and satin in a sentence as an example of ‘onomatopoeia.