The opportunity cost in this scenario is the three lost opportunities Harry experiences by deciding to go to his parents house. The term opportunity cost refers to <em>the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen. </em>The potential gain Harry may have lost by choosing to go to his parents for dinner instead could be <em>relaxation while fishing, His house painting being finished, and time spent with his friends at the birthday party. </em>These all can be considers lost opportunity due to choosing an alternate opportunity, that being dinner at his parents.
Incomplete question. I assumed information about literal meanings and figurative meanings would make the question clear.
<u>Explanation:</u>
An important difference between literal and figurative meaning is in the way words are understood.
Literal meanings as used in literary works involve understanding words exactly how they are generally understood or denotation. For example, saying 'I need a book' would be understood literally. However, saying 'He is a shining star' would be understood for its Figurative meanings, which means 'he is admirable or successful'.
United Kingdom/Great Britain
<span>it actually brought them into the Neolithic period. agriculture (farming)</span>
