Figurative language

The big kids call me Mercury because I am the swiftest thing in the universe

Mercury 

God

Metal

Planet

Metaphor 

Transferring a quality from one thing to another

Simile 

Is when you are comparing things that are the same using like or as.

As brave as a lion

As wise as an owl

As as slow as a tortoise 

As jumpy as a flea

As strong like a gorilla

Metaphor

The snow is a white blanket. 

The hospital was a refrigerator.

The classroom was a zoo.

America is a melting pot. 

Her lovely voice was music to his ears. 

Symbol 

Something that reresent pls something else