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