L.3.5a Literal VS Non-Literal Meanings 2 | Page 4

Figurative Languge in Movies

Click the truck for figurative language in movies and how a sentence can be literal or have a different meaning than the words being expressed. For example, if I say, "It's raining cats and dogs" it is not LITERALLY raining cats and dogs. The inferred meaning is that it is raining really hard.