Literal or Figurative?

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EL - Mango Street

“The taxi door opened like a waiter’s arm.”
Is this literal or figurative?

Figurative, because it compares a taxi door to a waiter’s arm.

Literal, because it means what it says.

Literal, because it means what it says.

Figurative, because it compares the money to a pig.

Literal, because it means what it says.

Figurative, because it compares her foot to a rabbit's ear.

Literal, because it means what it says.

Figurative, because it compares the boy to a blanket.

“The taxi door opened like a waiter’s arm.”
Is this literal or figurative?

Figurative, because it compares a taxi door to a waiter’s arm.

Literal, because it means what it says.

“The man saved his money to bring her here.”
Is this literal or figurative?

Literal, because it means what it says.

Figurative, because it compares the money to a pig.

“Out stepped a tiny pink shoe, a foot soft as a rabbit's ear."
Is this literal or figurative?

Literal, because it means what it says.

Figurative, because it compares her foot to a rabbit's ear.

“Up, up, up the stairs she went with the baby boy in a blue banket."
Is this literal or figurative?
 

Literal, because it means what it says.

Figurative, because it compares the boy to a blanket.