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