Figurative Language
Simile
"It's like black moist velvet."-"The Most Dangerous Game"
http://moistvelvet.blogspot.com/2010/01/moist-accessories-bicycle-caps.html
Metaphor
""Katniss, the girl who was on fire.""
http://givemelibertynowblog.wordpress.com/category/global-world-settlementsprosperity-funds/
Personification
"We have to stand for a few minutes in the doorway of the train while the cameras gobble up our images, then we're allowed inside and the doors lose mercifully behind us."-"The Hunger Games"
http://eofdreams.com/camera.html
Hyperbole
"Attendance is important unless you are at death's door."-"The Hunger Games"
http://www.salesproblog.com/the-life-of-a-door-to-door-sales-person/
Alliteration
"We were down in Old Woman Swamp and it was spring and the sick-sweet smell of bay flowers hung everywhere like a mournful song."-"The Scarlet Ibis"
http://ibmsmartercommerce.sourceforge.net/1-800-flowers-com-case-study/