Which of these excerpts from dr. seuss's book bartholomew and the ooobleck uses onomatopoeia? but before bartholomew could stop him, the captain was leaning out the window, scooping up some oobleck on the end of his sword. as he ran he could hear the "plop! plop! " of the oobleck on the windowpanes. it was pelting against the palace walls as big as greenish cup-cakes now! "and it's going to keep on falling," he shouted, "until your whole great marble palace tumbles down! so don't waste your time saying foolish magic words." "i don't know. and i hate to leave you stuck to your horn. but if you can't warn the people of the kingdom, i've got to find someone who can! " "i mean," said bartholomew, "this is all your fault! now, the least you can do is say the simple words, 'i'm sorry.'"

As he ran he could hear the "Plop! Plop!" of the oobleck on the windowpanes.

Explanation: onomatopeia is a figure of speech that consists in the use of words that imitate sounds. From the given excerpts from Dr. Seuss's book Bartholomew and the Ooobleck, we can see an example of an onomatopeia in the phrase "As he ran he could hear the "Plop! Plop!" of the oobleck on the windowpanes" because the words "Plop! Plop!" imitates the sound of the oobleck on the windowpanes.

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.

personal narrative

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