Alliteration and Onomatopoeia Word Search, Scramble and Crossword Puzzle

I made this alliteration and onomatopoeia puzzle set for my Grade 3 and 4 students during our figurative language unit. The kids loved sound words like "boom" and "bam" but had no idea what to call them, and they thought alliteration was just a fancy word for rhyming. So I put together a word search, a word scramble, and a crossword using onomatopoeia examples like boom, crash, buzz, hiss, pop, splash, sizzle, rustle, thud, and whisper. Nothing fancy — just puzzles to help these sound words finally stick.

The set is six pages. Three puzzles, each with its own answer key page. The word search works well for quiet time after recess. The scramble gets them talking because they argue about whether "buzz" sounds like an actual bee. The crossword I use for partners. I added a couple simple snake and explosion drawings but nothing too busy.

Works for Grades 3–5. Print and go. Sometimes I have early finishers write one example of each on the back. The kids actually ask for these now.