"Literal language," I explained, "is when you say exactly what you mean. For instance, if you want to tell me that Meg has blue eyes, you would say 'Meg has blue eyes.' Figurative language is the opposite. When you use figurative language people have to figure out what you mean. Get it? So if you want to say the same thing with fig--"
Before I had a chance to complete that thought I heard in the purest falsetto, from the back of the room, "She's got eyes of the bluest skies." Anderson's Guns N' Roses tribute momentarily silenced the class.
And then I had to admit... it really wasn't a bad example.
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