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