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Figurative Language from novels

Sounder

“I have often heard it said that cowardice is the mother of cruelty, and I have found by experience that malicious and inhuman animosity and fierceness are usually accompanied by weakness." 

Metaphor

"Three small children, none as high as the level of the latch."

Similie

"Thump,thump,thump..."

Onomatopeia

"The sun was just beginning to drive its first splinters of light through the pines."

Personification

"When life is so tiresome, there ain't no peace like the greatest peace—the peace of the Lord's hand holding you."

Personification and Allusion

The Outsiders

“Get smart and nothing can touch you.” 

Idiom

“The dawn was coming then. All the lower valley was covered with mist, and sometimes little pieces of it broke off and floated away in small clouds. The sky was lighter in the east, and the horizon was a thin golden line."

Metaphor

“I am a greaser. I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man do I have fun!” 

Metaphor

“Johnny almost grinned as he nodded. "Tuff enough," he managed, and by the way his eyes were glowing, I figured Southern gentlemen had nothing on Johnny Cade.” 

Personification

“Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.” 

Allusion

Hate List

“I'd spend about an hour, my room darkening around me, wondering what the hell happened to make me so unsure of who I even was. Because who you are is supposed to be the easiest question in the world to answer, right? Only for me it hadn't been easy for a very long time.” 

Personification

“Oh, hell no, Romeo.” 

Allusion

“I like that hot air balloon.' I pointed to the ceiling where an antique looking wooden hot air balloon hung.
'Yeah, I like it too. Partly because it's cool looking...  It weighs a ton. In this office, anything can fly." 

Hyperbole

“I saw everyone, a shifting sea of discomfort and sadness, each person carrying his own pain, each telling her own stories, no story more or less tragic or triumphant than any other.” 

Metaphor

“I was both the monster and the sad girl. I couldn't separate the two.” 

Metaphor

Anne Frank

“Because paper has more patience than people. ” 

Metaphor and Alliteration

“I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn't keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude.” 

Personification

“Memories mean more to me than dresses.” 

Alliteration

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” 

Allusion

“I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” 

Metaphor

Night

"She was smiling her mournful smile as she slipped me a crust of bread. She looked straight into my eyes. I knew she wanted to talk to me but she was paralyzed with fear."

Oxymoron 

"Physically, he was as awkward as a clown."

Similie

"The shadows around me roused themselves as if from a deep sleep and left silently in every direction."

Personification

"This conversation lasted no more than a few seconds. It seemed like an eternity."

Hyperbole

"We were to leave the train here. There was a labor camp on site. The conditions were good. Families would not be separated."

Irony