can you give at least 3 examples each of literal language and figurative language?

Answer 1

Literal:

When he heard the punchline, he staggered, burst out in guffaws, then dropped to the floor, helpless until he he finished laughing. He fell down laughing.

Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope is like an underwater diver welding repairs to a ship's hull.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Figurative:

"What light on yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." --Shakespeare making a figuarative analogy between the sun and Juliet

"Nothin' says lovin' like something from the oven, and Pillsbury says it best."

"Will you help me build that bridge to the twenty-first century?" Bill Clinton on election night, 1996, having won re-election.

Answer 2

Example Of Literal Language

Answer 3

Example 1
Literal language
You are very lazy doing your assignment.
Figurative
You look like Henry Van Wrinkle in doing your assignment.
Example 2
Literal language
You always asked for help.
Figurative
You look like a lame duck that needs always a help.
Example 3
Literal language
You never learned your lesson.
Figurative
Do you have a 5K memory to remember this?

Answer 4

Literal- The night is dark. Figurative- It is as dark as night.
Literal- Ice is cold. Figurative- It is as cold as ice.
Literal- cats & dogs get wet in rain. Figurative- It is raining cats & dogs.