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

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