Question

What does the quotation phrase mean in each sentence?

Answer 1

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.