Sound and Sense Chapter 13 Onomatopoeia Words that

Sound and Sense: Chapter 13

Onomatopoeia • • Words that sound like what they mean: Hiss Snap Bang

Phonetic Intensives (page 198) • By an obscure process, to some degree, the sounds connect to their meaning

Fl- = moving light • • • Flame Flicker Flare Flash Flimmer

Gl = light, usually unmoving • • • Glare Gleam Glint Glow glisten

Sl- = smoothly wet • • Slippery Slick Slide Slime Slop Slosh Slobber slushy

St- = strength • • • Staunch Stalwart Stout Sturdy Stable Steady Stocky Stern Strong Stubborn steel

Short i = idea of smallness • • • Inch Imp Thin Slim Little Bit Chip Sliver Chick Slit sip • • • • Whit Tittle Snip Wink Glint Glimmer Flicker Pigmy Midge Chick Kid Kitten Minikin miniature

Long O- and –oo- = suggest melancholy or sorrow • • • Moan Groan Woe Mourn Forlorn Toll Doom Gloom moody

Final –are = idea of a big light or noise • • Flare Glare Stare blare

Medial –att- suggests some kind of particled movement • • Spatter Scatter Shatter Chatter Rattle Prattle Clatter batter

Final –er –le = repetition • • Glitter Flutter Shimmer whisper Jabber Chatter Clatter Sputter • • • Slicker Twitter Mutter Ripple Bubble Sparkle Twinkle Rattle Rumble jingle

Sounds (“Those Winter Sundays”) • Euphonic – smooth and pleasant • Cacaphonic – harsh and discordant

Liquid Consonants • • L M N R Soft v Soft f Th Wh

Plosives • Harsher and sharper in effect • B • D • G • K • P • T