When You're a Pirate Dog
and Other Pirate Poems
by Eric Ode
Pelican Publishing
Illustrated by Jim Harris
Tall Tales of the Wild West
(And a Few Short Ones)
by Eric Ode
Meadowbrook Press
Illustrated by Ben Crane
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Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is the use of words that sound like the natural noises they name (ie, plop, sizzle, buzz). Here are some examples of onomatopoeia taken from poems found in the books When You're a Pirate Dog and Other Pirate Poems and Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones).
Poems from When You're a Pirate Dog and Other Pirate Poems
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Examples of Onomatopoeia
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The Pirate and the Princess
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wailed, grunted, grumbling, shuddered
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Pirate Pat's Fancy Hat
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snicker, chortle, chuckle, giggle
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Red Eye Jack, the Pirate Ghost
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sniffed, sighed
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Biscuits
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muttered, weep, sniff
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Crusty and Rusty and Musty McGee
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churning, chuckled, yawn, chomp, munch, sighed
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The Pirate Molly Mae
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spat
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Captain Keel's Fishing Trip
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grit
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Poems from Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones)
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Examples of Onomatopoeia
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Mulligan Martinson Marley McGraw
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abuzz
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A Cowboy's Lullaby
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snap, whispering, hoot, croak, crackle, rattle, peep
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Bad Baxter Barton
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rumble, rattled, growling, spat
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The Great Chili Cook-Off
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gurgled, bubbled, grunted, yawn, sniffed, shivered, quivered
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The Barrel Race
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roar, whooped
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Horseflies
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swatted
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