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What would you hear, near beaches and ocean waves? Oceans and shores are one of the most heavily onomatopoeic situations that have been described in literature.
The wash of the ocean against sand and cliffs and shells is often a prime subject in literature and poetry, and many of the natural words we would use to describe it are onomatopoeic in nature. If you could only make one sound, to imitate the sound that a wave makes, washing to shore, what would it be?
It would be the sh sound -- growing to loudness, and then diminishing. After a wave recedes, you might still hear sounds that you would imitate with an s sound. With more violent waves, you might hear the k or hard c sound, or any of the explosive consonants.
You have to use your imagination to determine if the sounds of the words contain the sounds that are being described. Consider the following sentences:
The wave slowly receded from the sand.
[gentle and slow]
The sea crashed against the beach, shivering the shore.
[a bit more forceful]
The water slapped its salt against the cliffs.
[violent]
In the first sentence, there are few explosive consonant sounds. The sounds of the words are smooth, as the action being described is.
In the second, the action is a bit more active, and so are the sounds of the words. Although you have the sh and chsounds, mimicking the sound of water, you also have the k(hard c) sound, and the b sound.
In the third, you have the consonant sounds t, p, and the hard c, but with enough s sounds to still evoke ideas of the ocean.
Proper use of onomatopoeia is an art, and recognition of it is a skill.
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How do waves deposit form beaches?
Beaches are made from material deposited by waves.
How beaches form and why all beaches are not the same?
beaches are formed from the waves and wind, they are all different because of the waves movement.
How are beaches?
Beaches are formed by waves depositting sand.
How are beaches made?
Beaches are formed by waves depositting sand.
Is there waves in Antarctica?
There are waves of the Southern Ocean on Antarctica's beaches.
Are Australian beaches or American beaches nicer?
Australian for sure, American beaches have little or no waves and the sand is very rough. Australian beaches are definetly the way to go, more waves finer sand and the atmosphere
How do waves create beaches?
Waves create beaches by carrying sand and sediment onto the shore. As waves break on the coastline, they deposit this material, gradually building up the beach. Over time, this process forms the characteristic shape of a beach as we see it.
What does waves create through erosion?
beaches
What caused headlands and beaches and spits?
First things first. You know beaches, headlands, and spits. Well, maybe not spits. Anyways, spits are long finger like beaches that reach out into the ocean. Okay, back to the point of the question. Beaches, headlands, and spits were all made by WAVES which are caused by wind. Waves are a type of erosion. What makes them, will destroy them. Basically, waves made beaches, headlands, and spits, but, waves will then again destroy them.
Can waves and currents help form beaches.?
Yes they can.
Explain how beaches form and why all beaches are not the same?
Beaches form when tiny bits of rock that have been eroded by the action of the waves wash up on shore. They are different because they tend to be composed of different types of sand (rock bits). For example, beaches formed mainly of lava rock will have black sand, while other beaches may be white, pink, or tan.
What affects do water waves and currents have on beaches?
waves and currents make the shore bigger
