Matching Pairs Poetic and Figurative LanguageOnline version Match the Poetic Devices and Figurative Language with the definitions. by Sarah Dunn 1 Simile 2 Alliteration 3 Personification 4 Onomatopoeia 5 Hyperbole 6 Metaphor 7 Rhyme A comparison of two things. 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). The repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words (pair/fair, madly/glad). Comparing two things using “like” or “as”. Words that imitate their sound (BAM! SPLAT! hiss... rip).