Literal and Figurative Language

As I delivered my speech, I felt butterflies in my stomach.

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

Laura had made up her mind to volunteer every Tuesday after school.

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

My teammate is a snail and a turtle combined!

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

Before the volleyball match, both teams attended an orientation.​

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

She was as quiet as a mouse.

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

I am extremely bored.

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• LITERAL LANGUAGE

A language that is something more than literal, one that is more imaginative.

• Figurative

• Literal

What does the metaphor "Her room is a pigsty" imply?

• Her room is clean and organized.

• Her room is literally a place where pigs live.

• Her room is very messy or disorganized.

• She has pets in her room.

What is a simile?

• A type of metaphor

• A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'

• A way to describe something by stating it is something else

• A literary device that gives human characteristics to non-human things

What is the purpose of using figurative language according to the definition provided?

• To use words in their most direct and literal sense

• To create a picture or an image in a reader's mind

• To confuse the reader with complex vocabulary

• To provide the dictionary meaning of words