I always like to think of figurative meaning as deeper meaning: what is the narrator really trying to get the reader to understand? Once you have your answer, think about the key words in that excerpt that helped you uncover the figurative meaning-- these will always be figurative devices, so you're already half way through this question. (pro tip: stick to the text to uncover it-- don't stray to far from the information you are being provided)
Lastly, you're being asked to identify literary devices here, do you notice any symbols? Something that usually stands for something else that might relate to that deeper/figurative meaning? Also, think about how the way in which the author phrased these symbols impacted the overall deeper meaning.
The main purpose of the following....
the only answer that would make sense is TO DIRECT the other choices don't make sense. because it;s telling the reader how to put the swing set together that's the same thing as directing them.
hope this helps and hope i'm right:)
<span>When you look up a word in a
basic dictionary, there is quite a bit of information you’ll find. Of course, you’ll find the definition of the
word. If the word, however, has more
than one meaning, all meanings will be presented in the entry. The word will be spaced out into syllables. You’ll see the phonetic pronunciation of the
word. For instance, if you look up the
word, “happy,” you’ll see “hap-ee.” In
addition, some dictionaries will also present a word’s language origin (such as
Latin or French) as well as the part of speech such as whether the word is a
noun, verb, adjective, etc. </span>
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