Words

Authors create onomatopoeia when they use words that sound like the action or object they are naming. The “Snap, Crackle, and Pop” of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies, “Ding, dong, the bells are going to chime,” and “Bang, Bang, Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang, the wondrous motor car, are all examples of onomatopoeia. Animal sounds, from the chirps and tweets of birds to the meow and roar of cats, provide other examples in which the sound and the meaning of the word is the same. Mechanical sounds and sounds of stormy weather are further sources of onomatopoeia. Using Wordle, create an Onomatopoeia Word Cloud!

There are many types of words. Take a look at the word types chart to explore different word functions. Words that name a person, place or thing are called nouns. Words that describe nouns are called adjectives. Action words are verbs and words that tell how, when, where and how much are adverbs. Articles are words that introduce and specify information about nouns; for instance a flower or an apple is more general in meaning than the flower and the apple. Compound words are two words joined together that combine to form a new mean; for example, butter and fly together mean an beautiful insect called a butterfly! Conjunctions are words like and, so, therefore, because that help you join other words, phrases or even sentences together. Words can be connected into a sentence. There are different types of words that go together. Look at these sentence presentations. Label all of the different types of words. Write or copy a sentence. Label the different types of words with different color markers in your sentence.

• The study of origins of words is called?
  • entomology
  • etymology
• A person, place or thing is a:
  • noun
  • verb
• Do words mean different things to different people?
  • no
  • yes
• How many languages are in use on earth today?
  • 50
  • 200
  • over 400
• What language is the most universal language?
  • chinese
  • music
  • english