Figurative language

What is this: This article says that spinach is good for you.

What is this: This poem was awfully good.

What is this: She sings like a lark.

What is this: It's so hot, I could fry an egg on the sidewalk.

She wandered far through mist and rain/ To chase a dream, escaping pain.

What are these: Civic / Madam / Radar

As the smoke cleared and silence fell over the ruined square, a lone dove soared upward, its wings catching the morning light like a promise.

What is this: Red hens peck at the shed.

What is it + explain the meaning: "To carry a torch for someone."

What is this: The bees buzzed.

What is this + say fast 5 times: I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop. Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.