Onomatopoeia, pronounced on-uh-mat-uh–pee–uh, is defined as a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.
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Many different age groups for children's books are able to use this technique some more than others. The younger level of picture books and comic book format uses Onomatopoeia very effectively.
Younger age picture books when the illustrations use animals and the text is the sound the animal makes also are very effect. The illustrations are especially important with this technique.
This resource helped me understand the importance of the illustrations to clearly communicate the word to the reader.
