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