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To look at this let us look at these examples using the word "Ton".
Literal use of the word "ton".
1) There is a ton of sand in that pile.
Figurative use of the word "ton".
2) I have a ton of homework to do tonight.
Thus any statement or phrase intended to be interpreted in the strict meaning of the word or words - is literal, while any statement or phrase not intended to be understood literally - is figurative.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoThere are no literal idioms. What your teacher is asking is for you to give the two different meanings of the phrases -- both what it literally would be, and what the figurative or idiomatic meaning would be
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What can be read differently by different reader the literal meaning of a word or the figurative meaning of the same word?
Figurative
The words in figurative language?
are not used for their literal meaning
What are the literal and figurative meanings of the idiom you developed an eye for measuring?
The LITERAL meaning would be that you grew another eye that was used for measuring. The FIGURATIVE meaning is that you learned how to measure things well.
What is the literal and figurative meaning of his mind was somewhere else?
Literal: his brain was in a different place Figurative: not paying attention
What are the Literal and Figurative for the word burst?
the furitative meaning of burst is i dont know
Figurative language is language with a literal meaning and a meaning.?
symbolic
Figurative language is language with a literal meaning and a meaning?
Actually, figurative language uses words in a non-literal way to create a deeper or more unique meaning. It includes devices like simile, metaphor, and personification, which help convey abstract ideas or emotions in a more creative or vivid manner.
What can be read differently by different reader the literal meaning of a word or the figurative meaning of the same word?
Figurative
The ambush in the title has a literal meaning the ambush that takes place in the jungle and a figurative meaning the way the past keeps ambushing the narrator This type of figurative language is an?
The type of figurative language being used here is metaphor. The comparison between a physical ambush in the jungle and the past constantly surprising or overwhelming the narrator is a metaphorical way of expressing that idea.
What is a saying with both literal and figurative meaning?
bare
The words in figurative language?
are not used for their literal meaning
Which is the terms for words that have more than the literal meaning?
A word that can be interpreted in a non literal meaning is said to have a figurative meaning.
Which is the term for words that have more than the literal meaning?
The term for words that have more than the literal meaning is "figurative language." This includes figures of speech like metaphors, similes, and idioms which convey meanings beyond their literal interpretation.
Which is the term for words that's have more than the literal meaning?
A word that can be interpreted in a non literal meaning is said to have a figurative meaning.
Which is the term for words that have more than than the literal meaning?
A word that can be interpreted in a non literal meaning is said to have a figurative meaning.
Give some sentences of literal and figurative meanings?
I turned off the flame on the gas stove.I turned off from my boyfriend's sexual advances.Literal just means that what you read actually happened. Figurative means that it is an idiom or slang, that it didn't actually happen.He kicked the bucket. The literal meaning is that he kicked a bucket. The figurative meaning is that he died.That's a piece of cake. The literal meaning is that it is a slice of cake. The figurative meaning is that it is something easy to do.
A narrative having a literal and a figurative level of meaning?
allegory
