The population of a town is increasing at a rate of 1.4% annually. The current population of the town is 2000. Calculate the population of the town after 10
years.

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".