The fumesand the firedanced andsparked intolife.The car waslike a blackbeetle,armored andshiny.The doorgasped,and startedto shut.The rain wasa softblanketon hisshoulders.The path ofkerosene laylike a trackof some evilsnake.Her face wasa tomb asshe watchedand watchedand watched.The bomberplanes werewhistling likean immense,invisible fan.The firecoughedthenignited.The pagesweredelicate, likethe petals ofa flower.Eachpage wasa blackbutterfly.The trainhissedlike asnakeI've told you ahundredtimes, theparlor wallsare my family.She wasbeginning toshriek now, likea wax dollmelting in itsown heat.She steppedon the gaslike somewild, mindlessbeast.He kickedthe bottle,like kicking aburied mine.The parlorwas adeadbeast.It took foreverto open thedoor, and evenlonger to stashthe book underhis pillow."It will takeages to sortthrough allof these!"Mildred's eyeswere wideopen and pale,like two pale,empty moons.The parlorwas as grayas thewaters of anocean.The firecackled asit consumedthe house.Her facewas anempty, blankspace.The doorbellshrieked,"Mrs. Montag!Someone ishere."Her smilewas likesunshine.The fumesand the firedanced andsparked intolife.The car waslike a blackbeetle,armored andshiny.The doorgasped,and startedto shut.The rain wasa softblanketon hisshoulders.The path ofkerosene laylike a trackof some evilsnake.Her face wasa tomb asshe watchedand watchedand watched.The bomberplanes werewhistling likean immense,invisible fan.The firecoughedthenignited.The pagesweredelicate, likethe petals ofa flower.Eachpage wasa blackbutterfly.The trainhissedlike asnakeI've told you ahundredtimes, theparlor wallsare my family.She wasbeginning toshriek now, likea wax dollmelting in itsown heat.She steppedon the gaslike somewild, mindlessbeast.He kickedthe bottle,like kicking aburied mine.The parlorwas adeadbeast.It took foreverto open thedoor, and evenlonger to stashthe book underhis pillow."It will takeages to sortthrough allof these!"Mildred's eyeswere wideopen and pale,like two pale,empty moons.The parlorwas as grayas thewaters of anocean.The firecackled asit consumedthe house.Her facewas anempty, blankspace.The doorbellshrieked,"Mrs. Montag!Someone ishere."Her smilewas likesunshine.

Fahrenheit 451 Figurative Language Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. The fumes and the fire danced and sparked into life.
  2. The car was like a black beetle, armored and shiny.
  3. The door gasped, and started to shut.
  4. The rain was a soft blanket on his shoulders.
  5. The path of kerosene lay like a track of some evil snake.
  6. Her face was a tomb as she watched and watched and watched.
  7. The bomber planes were whistling like an immense, invisible fan.
  8. The fire coughed then ignited.
  9. The pages were delicate, like the petals of a flower.
  10. Each page was a black butterfly.
  11. The train hissed like a snake
  12. I've told you a hundred times, the parlor walls are my family.
  13. She was beginning to shriek now, like a wax doll melting in its own heat.
  14. She stepped on the gas like some wild, mindless beast.
  15. He kicked the bottle, like kicking a buried mine.
  16. The parlor was a dead beast.
  17. It took forever to open the door, and even longer to stash the book under his pillow.
  18. "It will take ages to sort through all of these!"
  19. Mildred's eyes were wide open and pale, like two pale, empty moons.
  20. The parlor was as gray as the waters of an ocean.
  21. The fire cackled as it consumed the house.
  22. Her face was an empty, blank space.
  23. The doorbell shrieked, "Mrs. Montag! Someone is here."
  24. Her smile was like sunshine.