Relier Pairs Poetic and Figurative LanguageVersion en ligne Match the Poetic Devices and Figurative Language with the definitions. par Sarah Dunn 1 Hyperbole 2 Simile 3 Metaphor 4 Rhyme 5 Personification 6 Onomatopoeia 7 Alliteration A comparison of two things. Comparing two things using “like” or “as”. A metaphor that gives human qualities/traits to non-human things. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds (sad/Sunday, knowing/nobody, candy/kisses). An exaggeration. Words that imitate their sound (BAM! SPLAT! hiss... rip). The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words (pair/fair, madly/glad).