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