Relier Pairs Poetic and Figurative LanguageVersion en ligne Match the Poetic Devices and Figurative Language with the definitions. par Sarah Dunn 1 Onomatopoeia 2 Hyperbole 3 Alliteration 4 Rhyme 5 Metaphor 6 Personification 7 Simile The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words (pair/fair, madly/glad). The repetition of beginning consonant sounds (sad/Sunday, knowing/nobody, candy/kisses). Comparing two things using “like” or “as”. An exaggeration. 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).