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