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Literal or Figurative?
By Rebecca Costas
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Last updated almost 6 years ago
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EL - Mango Street
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Question 1
1.
“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.
Question 2
2.
“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.
Question 3
3.
“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.
Question 4
4.
“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.