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