Answer:
<u>THIS</u> is what you wrote, but it contains two errors -- that have NOTHING to do with your question. I will correct the errors and THEN answer your question.
YOUR sentence: In 1878 the world First Commercial Telephone Company was open by entrepreneurs in Connecticut.
Corrected sentence: In 187<u>8, </u>the world<u>'s</u> First Commercial Telephone Company <em>was open</em><em><u>ed</u></em> by entrepreneurs in Connecticut.
Explanation:
As written, the sentence has <u>no active verb.</u>
The active voice version would read:
In 1878, entrepreneurs in Connecticut <em><u>opened</u></em> the world's First Commercial Telephone Company.
Dependent. It is not a complete sentence.
Answer:
Literal sentence.
Explanation:
A <u>literal sentence</u> have words or phrases which conveys the exact same meaning as the words or phrases. While, a <u>non-literal</u> sentence have words or phrases conveying some special meaning far apart from the actual or dictionary meaning of the words or phrases.
Since, the sentence <em><u>" Ivy's town in Florida had not received snow in over ten years."</u></em><em><u> </u></em> conveys no other meaning than the literal meaning of the sentence it's a literal sentence.