What are some literary devices used in Barrio Boy?

Personification and Simile

My baseball glove wrapped itself around the ball like a mother holding her child.

Imagery:

I pushed a chair under it and after some instruction from my mother proceeded to create lightning in the room by turning the switch as fast as I could.

Metaphor:

"Now, Ernesto, you are the man of the family. You will take care of your mother until we are together in Sacramento.