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 Alliteration 4 Simile 5 Rhyme 6 Onomatopoeia 7 Personification Words that imitate their sound (BAM! SPLAT! hiss... rip). The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words (pair/fair, madly/glad). An exaggeration. A comparison of two things. A metaphor that gives human qualities/traits to non-human things. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds (sad/Sunday, knowing/nobody, candy/kisses). Comparing two things using “like” or “as”.