<span>Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the facts as they are. ... Figurative language is very common in poetry, but is also used in prose and nonfiction writing as well.</span>
Rock and minerals are both considered to be natural substances and this is what they have in common.
B) people with other religious beliefs were welcomed by colony leaders but shunned by everyone else.
