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