Can you elaborate on the purpose of figurative language?

-figurative language can reveal new or unexpected meaning when words are used in nonliteral comparisons.
-figurative language can reveal new or predictable meaning when words are used in nonliteral comparisons.
-figurative language can reveal ancient or unexpected meaning when words are used in nonliteral comparisons.
-figurative language can reveal deep-rooted or longstanding meaning when words are used in nonliteral comparisons.

Write a short paragraph explaining how to determine what information to put into a slide show presentation.

Read the quote from zimmermann in the code book. a future government could inherit a technology infrastructure that's optimized for surveillance, where they can watch the movements of their political opposition, every financial transaction, every communication, every bit of e-mail, every phone call. everything could be filtered and scanned and automatically recognized by voice recognition technology and transcribed. it's time for cryptography to step out of the shadows of spies and the military, and step into the sunshine and be embraced by the rest of us. which question does this paragraph answer? why does zimmermann think encryption is important? what kind of encryption did zimmermann invent? how does zimmermann’s encryption work? who made encryption based on zimmermann’s work?

In about two hundred words, explain how the author's use of folktales and symbolism add meaning to the story and convey the central theme of the novel: the disintegration of the traditional igbo society as a result of its contact with european practices and beliefs.