Fahrenheit 451 Figurative Language
play on words
pun
comparing similar things
analogy
the little mosquito-delicate dancing hum in the air, the electrical murmur of a hidden wasp snug in its special pink warm nest
analogy
we've got to start somewhere here, figuring out why we're in such a mess. we're heading right for the cliff
analogy
an exaggeration
hyperbole
he felt his body divide itself into a hotness and a coldness
hyperbole
montag was cut in half
hyperbole
never in a billion years
hyperbole
figurative phrase (meaning to it)
idiom
luckily, queer ones like her don't happen often. We know how to nip most of them in the bud, early
idiom
an unexpected occurrence or action
irony
With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world
metaphor
a book is a loaded gun in the house next door
metaphor
a fountain of books sprang down upon montag, as he climbed shuddering up the sheer stairwell
metaphor
a great thunderstorm of sound gushed from the walls
metaphor
because i'm afraid, montag thought. A child feigning illness, afraid to call because after a moment's discussion, the conversation would run badly
metaphor
captain beatty there, rising in thunderheads of tobacco smoke
metaphor
comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
metaphor
complete darkness, not a hint of the silver world outside, the windows tightly shut, the chamber a tomb world where no sound from the great city could penetrate
metaphor
he felt her there, he saw her without opening his eyes, her hair burnt by chemicals to a brittle straw
metaphor
he says I'm a regular onion
metaphor
his face a mask of ice
metaphor
she had both ears plugged with electronic bees
metaphor
the men with the eyes of puff adders
metaphor
the old time gathered there
metaphor
a word that resembles its sound
onomatopoeia
giving an object human like traits
personification
he felt that the stars had been pulverized by the sound of the black jets
personification
he stood looking up at the ventilator grille in the hall and suddenly remembered that something lay hidden behind the grille, something that seemed to peer down at him now.
personification
her dress was white and it whispered
personification
his hand had done it all, his hand, with a brain of its own, with a conscience and a curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned thief
personification
a page hung open and it was like a snowy feather
simile
as if someone had called his name
simile
beatty was looking at him as if he were a museum statue
simile
before he reached the corner, however, he slowed as if a wind had sprung up from nowhere
simile
comparing two unlike things using "like or as"
simile
empty the theaters save for clowns and furnish the rooms with glass walls and pretty colors running up and down the walls like confetti or blood or sherry or sauterne
simile
he felt his smile slide away, melt fold over and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out
simile
he saw himself in her eyes ... as if her eyes were two miraculous bits of violet amber that might capture and hold him intact
simile
he wore his happiness like a mask
simile
her face was like a snow-covered island
simile
how like a mirror, too, her face.
simile
it was like a faint drift of greenish luminescent smoke
simile
it was like a great bee come home from some field where the honey is full of poison wildness
simile
it's like a lesson in ballistics. it has trajectory we decided on for it
simile
it's like a lot of funnels and a lot of water poured down the spout and out the bottom
simile
montag felt the hidden book pound like a heart against his chest
simile
montag slid down the pole like a man in a dream
simile
montag you shin that pole like a bird up a tree
simile
one of the machines slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well
simile
she had a very thin face like the dial of a small clock
simile
she was like the eager watcher of a marionette show
simile
surely you remember the boy in your own school class who was exceptionally bright, did most of the reciting and answering while the other sat like so many leaden idols, hating him
simile
the books lay like great mounds of fishes left to dry
simile
the earth would be covered with their dust like a strange snow
simile
the electric thimble moved like a praying mantis on the pillow
simile
the fell like slaughtered birds
simile
the poison jumped over from shoulder blade to shoulder blade like a spark leaping a gap
simile
the shadow was like a breath exhaled upon the window
simile
the woman stood below, like a small girl, among the bodies
simile
there was a tremendous ripping sound as if two giants had torn ten thousand miles of black lines down the seam
simile
