The term literal meaning means that all words are in strict accordance with their original meanings. In other words, to apply the literal meaning is to take the words in their most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration.
this is normally used to make the reader understand everything ..without any use of indirect language .
well to make it clear to u ill try to give an example :
" Can you wait outside? "
In the literal meaning, this could be construed as:
Do you have the ability to wait outside?
The line in the excerpt from Arthur Conan Doyle's "The contest" which suggest that Emperor Nero was ruthless and the line is this one <span>“Quick, Policles, quick!” he cried. “My pony is tethered behind yonder grove. A grey he is, with red trappings. </span>Get you gone as hard as hoof will bear you, for if you are taken you will have no easy death.”
“No easy death! What mean you, Metas? Who is the fellow?”
<span>“Great Jupiter! did you not know? Where have you lived? <span>It is Nero the Emperor! Never would he pardon what you have said about his voice. </span>Quick, man, quick, or the guards will be at your heels!”</span>
The Holocaust<span> was a mass murder of millions of people leading up to and </span>during<span> World War II.</span>
Answer:
give up the useless fight with our students
Explanation:
This is opinion, not fact.