Relier Pairs Poetic and Figurative LanguageVersion en ligne Match the Poetic Devices and Figurative Language with the definitions. par Sarah Dunn 1 Alliteration 2 Onomatopoeia 3 Hyperbole 4 Metaphor 5 Simile 6 Personification 7 Rhyme 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. Comparing two things using “like” or “as”. Words that imitate their sound (BAM! SPLAT! hiss... rip). A comparison of two things. The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words (pair/fair, madly/glad).