Little white lies are minor mistruths. Such as telling mommy that you brushed your teeth when in fact you didn't.
figure of speech is a kind of a style. the credit of this is point of figure.
baliw
personification
Personifacation
Hyperbole - An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
A figure of speech such as 'going to the dogs' is called an adage, a saying, an expression, a cliche, a catchphrase, or truism.
analogy
It's an idiom.
idiom
I would call this kind of speech 'poetic'. It contains a simile ('like a dream'), a figure of speech which is often used in poetry.
It is not a figure of speech. It is simply an example of poor English, grammar and spelling.
hyperbole