Literal and Figurative Meaning

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative: Our manager brought us up to speed on the new rules.

• Literal

• Figurative

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative: The explorers were in uncharted territory, and didn't expect to find the village.

• Literal

• Figurative

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative: In the early 1990s, the Internet was basically uncharted territory, and no one knew exactly how it worked.

• Literal

• Figurative

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative:

The dominant wolf ran ahead of the pack.

• Literal

• Figurative

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative: Creative people are often ahead of the pack.

• Literal

• Figurative

Decide if the meaning of the bold phrase is literal or figurative: His pants were cut from a different cloth than his jacket.

• Literal

• Figurative

________ language is language that is used to convey meaning beyond the literal definition of a word.

• literal

• literary

• figurative

• figure

Figurative speech is...

A word or phrase that means something different than its actual meaning

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• idiom

A word or phrase that doesn't have it's every day meaning.

• Descriptive words

• Metaphor

• Jake from Statefarm

• Figurative language

• Plot diagram