Figurative Vs Literal

Determine if the following statement is figurative or literal?

He has a sweetheart back home.

• literal

• figurative

Determine if the following phrase is figurative or literal?

a broken heart

• literal

• figurative

Determine if the following statement is figurative or literal?

An average heart is the size of your fist.

• literal

• figurative

Determine if the following statement is figurative or literal?

from the bottom of my heart

• literal

• figurative

Determine if the following statement is figurative or literal?

Exercise can make your heart stronger.

• literal

• figurative

My little sister was playing with toy cars. She drove them over the carpet, the kitchen floor, and the coffee table. She even drove them up the walls!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

I've told you a million times!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

It's raining cats and dogs out there!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Please pick up your art supplies and put them away.

• Literal

• Nonliteral

There was a little bird sitting outside my window chirping and whistling all day long. It drove me up the wall!

• Literal

• Nonliteral