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