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Greek: onomatopoiia (making of names)
Words that imitate sounds they describe
Gabriel García Márquez: "The distant drumming grew louder—boom, boom, boom"
Choose sound-appropriate words. Create sensory experience. Use in description.
Poetry, descriptive writing, children's literature