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