What are onomatopoeias?

What are onomatopoeias?Did you hear that?DefinitionOnomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle).How would you write this sound?

Why use onomatopoeia's in your beginnings?Great beginnings hook the reader! Sounds are another way to start a story. Lets see how some authors use sounds to start their stories.Ok, lets moove on..

ExampleBoring or exciting?

One rainy day I went to the mall.

Splish! Splash! My boots sloshed through the puddles as I ran for the mall entrance.

Now lets try it!I went to the zoo.

You come up with a revision! What mightyou hear at the zoo?

How can we make the beginning more exciting?Use an onomatopoeia!

Challenge: Use an onomatopoeia and quotation marks!