ONOMATOPOEIA

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The comic book was filled with onomatopoeia, with “boom,” “crash,” and “pow” bringing the action scenes to life through vivid sound effects.

(noun) Words that phonetically imitate, resemble, or suggest the sound they describe. These are words that sound like what they mean, creating a sound effect that mimics the actual sound.

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