Which sentence uses figurative language?

• A. The rain fell in a straight line.
• B. The meeting went smoothly.
• C. The classroom was a zoo.
• D. He ran quickly.

Answer: (C)

Figurative language means expressing ideas in a non-literal way to create imagery or emphasis. The sentence about the classroom being a zoo uses a metaphor: it directly compares the classroom to a zoo to convey that it’s loud, chaotic, and busy, even though it's not actually a zoo. That non-literal comparison is what makes it figurative language.

The other sentences stay close to literal meaning: rain falling in a straight line describes the rain physically, a meeting going smoothly simply states how it went, and running quickly describes an action without any imaginative comparison. So they don’t use figurative language.