Distinguishing Literal Language from Non-Literal Language

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

This room is an oven!

• Literal
• Nonliteral

I've told you a million times!

• Literal
• Nonliteral

My friend leaned over to me before we went on stage and said, "I have butterflies in my tummy!"

• Literal
• Nonliteral

Please pick up your art supplies and put them away.

• Literal
• Nonliteral

During P.E. the soccer ball was bouncing off the wall.

• Literal
• Nonliteral

Sarah told her friend and secret and then her friend told the whole class. That left a bad taste in Sarah's mouth.

• 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

What is this sentence saying?
It was so cold outside, I saw polar bears wearing jackets!

• Polar bears wear jackets when they are cold
• It was extremely cold outside

If I live to be one thousand years old, I will never understand the paintings in this museum.

• Nonliteral Meaning

• Literal Meaning