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