pluto inc. is a car manufacturer that wants to hire a new product manager. senior management decides to have the department heads from production, sales, and hr interview each candidate at the same time. this is an example of a(n) .

The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".