In the block method, you describe all the similarities in the first body paragraph and then all the differences in the second body paragraph
Preferably not. unless you are doing research on how brains work in the same way your results could be completely different from a depressed moose to a depressed squirrel to a depressed human
To me that is a personal question, so just describe where you live, popular places near where you live and maybe even what the people are like(nice, mean etc.)
All of these phrases show personification.
When the cake is "calling her name", it is really just very tempting to Melissa.
The candle isn't really "dancing in the dark", it's actually just flickering.
The brown grass isn't really "begging for water", it is just very, very dry.
The sun is not "stretching its golden arms", those are just rays of light that are shining across the valley.