Sound Words.
The___ of broken glass followed the ____ of the bullet as the rifle____ .The soldiers were awakened by the _____ of the bugle.
Susan, think of one word that would be the sound breaking glass would make. Then look up that word in the Thesaurus. It will give you many synonyms. (example- look up "tinkle") You can do the same with each of the other sounds you need. Please repost if you have further questions.
You can also check this site on onomatopoeia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomatopoeia
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Here are some sound words:
Example Sound Words
babble
bang
boom
burr
buzz
chirp
chirrup
clack
clang
clatter
clipclop
crack
crash
creak
crick
crinkle
crunch
fizz
fizzle
flutter
hiss
howl
hum
jangle
jingle
murmur
patter
pop
pow
rap
ratatattat
rattle
scratch
screech
scritch
scrunch
shush
siss
sizzle
slosh
smack
sniff
snuffle
splash
splat
splatter
splosh
sputter
squawk
squeak
squish
swish
tap
thud
thwack
tinkle
twang
twitter
varoom
whack
whap
wheeze
whine
whish
whomp
whoosh
zap
zing
zip
The tinkle of broken glass followed the clatter of the bullet as the rifle bang .The soldiers were awakened by the rattle of the bugle
The blanks left in the sentence can be filled with sound words that describe the different noises mentioned in the sentence. To find the appropriate sound words, you can consider the context of the sentence and think about the typical sounds associated with the objects or actions mentioned.
Here's a possible solution:
The **shatter** of broken glass followed the **crack** of the bullet as the rifle **fired**. The soldiers were awakened by the **blare** of the bugle.
In this example, "shatter" describes the noise made by broken glass, "crack" represents the sound of a bullet being fired from a rifle, and "blare" is the sound produced by a bugle.
Remember, there may be alternative sound words that could fit as well, depending on the specific scenario or the writer's intention.