The One and Only Ivan Figurative Language

Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"Gorillas are as patient as stones."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? "I wear a snowy saddle of fur, the uniform of a silverback."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"Beyond the [parking] lot is a freeway where cars stampede without end."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

The seal's voice was like the throaty bark of a dog chained outside on a cold night.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which words from the text help the reader understand what the word imagination means?

• ponder our futures

• have a point

• the way Julia draws

Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below? The wall of glass says you are this and we are that and that is how it will always be.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?"A memory flashes from the past, surprising me."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

Circuses have grumbling lions with gleaming teeth.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

The author describes the wall in Ivan’s cage “like an endless blank billboard.” What type of figurative language is the author using?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

The author describes the Ruby as “a gray and unmoving boulder.” What type of figurative language is the author using?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor