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