Literal vs Nonliteral

They made a flag for their project with two blue stripes and one orange stripe.

• Literal

• Non-literal

Mrs. Messina always tells me, "You're a nut!"

• Literal

• Nonliteral

During P.E. the soccer ball was bouncing off the wall.

• Literal

• Nonliteral

It's raining cats and dogs out there!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

During P.E. the soccer ball was bouncing off the wall.

• Literal

• Nonliteral

During P.E. the students were bouncing off the walls!

• Literal 

• Nonliteral

What is the nonliteral meaning of this phrase: It cost my mom an arm and a leg to buy that new game.

• The mom paid with an arm and a leg.

• It did not cost a lot.

• It was free.

• It cost a lot.

If I live to be one thousand years old, I will never understand the paintings in this museum.

• Nonliteral Meaning

• Literal Meaning

That girl is as skinny as a twig!

• Literal 

• Nonliteral

Determine whether the expression below is meat to be figurative or literal.

"He was tickled pink because he got 100% on his paper."

• Figurative

• Literal