The wind screamed.
personification
...that invitation from her, glowering down at me from the shelf above the piano
personification
cheering and whooping
onomatopoeia
thunder booming
onomatopoeia
it rained, steady as a good friend
simile
We'll be back when the rain comes/We'll be back they say/We'll be back when it rains
repetition
My father was more like the sod.
simile
and legs running like fence rails down to a giant foot
simile
the earth puddled and pleased
alliteration
Piano, my silent mother...
metaphor
the storm swallowed the light
personification
lightening kicking, dancing from heaven
personification
the dust beat down on the cars
personification
the flames licked away at the wooden frames
personification
As we walked together side by side, in the swell of the dust...As we walk together side by side, in the sole-deep dust,
repetition
heaven's shadow crept across the plains
metaphor