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