Figurative Language in I Have a Dream Speech

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

-- Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Successful Life

"STOP TO LOOK FEAR IN THE FACE" IS AN EXAMPLE OF

"Stop to look fear in the face" is figurative language because...

"With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood."

-- Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream

The underlined parts are examples of...

"beautiful symphony of brotherhood." Compares...

"Rain, somebody said, is like confetti from heaven. So even the heavens are celebrating this morning, joining the rest of us at this wonderful commencement ceremony."

-- USSC Justice John Roberts, Cardigan Commencement Address

The underlined part is an example of

...:Rain, somebody said, is like confetti from heaven." means?????