Identifying Figurative and Literal Statements Quiz

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Which statement is figurative?

  • Juan will head up the committee (correct)
  • The bus arrived on schedule
  • The ring of the telephone interrupted our talk
  • Bob exploded with anger

Which statement is literal?

  • Mary has a good ear for music
  • We had a lot of time on our hands
  • There were clouds in the sky (correct)
  • They were surprised by the flood of applications

Which statement is also a figurative expression?

  • Mary has a good ear for music
  • The ring of the telephone interrupted our talk
  • The bus arrived on schedule
  • It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack (correct)

Which statement can be interpreted literally?

<p>The ring of the telephone interrupted our talk (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement is most likely to be metaphorical?

<p>Bob exploded with anger (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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