Sounds like double talk, but let me ask again, when the Bible says, "For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine," is that "literal" or "figurative" language?
IOW, as far as figures of speech are concerned what's the diffference between:
"For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light"
and
"The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."
or
"His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth."
I'm curious to see if you can explain the difference (if any) without resorting to brute force method.
What is so hard about that?
It is figurative language explaining future literal events.
As for 'stars' they are figurative of angels. (Rev.1:20).
Thus, Satan takes one third of the Angels with him in his fall (Rev.12:9)
Every figure of speech in the Bible will explain itself with another scripture.
As for 'hills singing' and 'tree's clapping' those are metaphors for the happiness that will ensue when Christ takes over the earth.(Rom.8:19)
It is no different then saying that 'eating Christ's flesh' is a metaphor for faith in him in Jn.6 or do you believe as do the Roman Catholics, that it is a literally eating of His flesh?
That is what is meant by the 'literal' or 'plain sense' of interpretation of scripture.
When explaining a figure of speech, we appeal to other scripture for support, not like the spiritualizers, who just invent things out of their vivid imagination (Gen.6:5)