Question

All the below may be said of figurative language except _____.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. It may be interpreted literally

Explanation

Figurative language occurs when the meaning of a message is not connected to the exact words of this message, this implies in figurative language words are used to express a deeper or a more complicated meaning than the one expressed by the words itself, this includes multiple techniques such as simile, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, metaphor or irony, in which words are used to mean something beyond the literal meaning. On the opposite, language that is interpreted according to the exact words is called literal language and does not belong to figurative language as there is not a complex meaning or deeper meaning, but the meaning is just the one provided by the words or literary meaning. Thus, if something is interpreted literally there is no figurative language.

Answer 2

It is A. it may be interpreted literally