Matching Pairs Figurative SpeechOnline version Figurative speech by Shaner Adams 1 alliteration 2 Simile 3 metaphor 4 allusion 5 personification 6 idiom 7 hyperbole 8 onomatopoeia exaggerate something a saying that means something different describing non-human things with human traits start words with the same sound compares without using like or as tie in a story to the conversation word that makes sounds compare things using like or as