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 Onomatopoeia 4 Rhyme 5 Simile 6 Metaphor 7 Hyperbole The repetition of beginning consonant sounds (sad/Sunday, knowing/nobody, candy/kisses). Words that imitate their sound (BAM! SPLAT! hiss... rip). A metaphor that gives human qualities/traits to non-human things. A comparison of two things. Comparing two things using “like” or “as”. The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words (pair/fair, madly/glad). An exaggeration.