The One and Only Ivan Figurative Language
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The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
By Lauren Ayube
Ivan is a silverback gorilla who has been living in captivity at the Big Top Mall for 9,857 days, or 27 years. Things change when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives. She is sweet and innocent, and Ivan will do anything to set her free. Engage and educate students with Storyboard That premade activities!
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Illustrate examples of figurative language! This example covers simile, metaphor, and personification in The One and Only Ivan
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- "Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot." This means that humans discard what they say, with very little or no thought.
- Image Attributions: (https://pixabay.com/en/hand-print-hands-fingers-human-1751319/) - GDJ - License: Free for Commercial Use / No Attribution Required (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0)
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- "Stella is a mountain. Next to her I am a rock. Bob is a grain of sand." The author is saying that Stella is huge, and next to her Ivan and Bob look like rocks and sand next to a mountain.
- "My drawings seem pale and timid next to Julia's." This means that Julia's are outstanding, and Ivan thinks his are nothing in comparison.
Image Attributions
- https://pixabay.com/en/hand-print-hands-fingers-human-1751319/ - GDJ - (License Free for Commercial Use / No Attribution Required (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0) )
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