The firecackled asit consumedthe house.The trainhissedlike asnakeThe rain wasa softblanketon hisshoulders.The path ofkerosene laylike a trackof some evilsnake.Eachpage wasa blackbutterfly.Her face wasa tomb asshe watchedand watchedand watched.The doorgasped,and startedto shut."It will takeages to sortthrough allof these!"The parlorwas as grayas thewaters of anocean.I've told you ahundredtimes, theparlor wallsare my family.He kickedthe bottle,like kicking aburied mine.Mildred's eyeswere wideopen and pale,like two pale,empty moons.Her facewas anempty, blankspace.The pagesweredelicate, likethe petals ofa flower.It took foreverto open thedoor, and evenlonger to stashthe book underhis pillow.The firecoughedthenignited.Her smilewas likesunshine.The doorbellshrieked,"Mrs. Montag!Someone ishere."She wasbeginning toshriek now, likea wax dollmelting in itsown heat.The fumesand the firedanced andsparked intolife.She steppedon the gaslike somewild, mindlessbeast.The car waslike a blackbeetle,armored andshiny.The parlorwas adeadbeast.The bomberplanes werewhistling likean immense,invisible fan.The firecackled asit consumedthe house.The trainhissedlike asnakeThe rain wasa softblanketon hisshoulders.The path ofkerosene laylike a trackof some evilsnake.Eachpage wasa blackbutterfly.Her face wasa tomb asshe watchedand watchedand watched.The doorgasped,and startedto shut."It will takeages to sortthrough allof these!"The parlorwas as grayas thewaters of anocean.I've told you ahundredtimes, theparlor wallsare my family.He kickedthe bottle,like kicking aburied mine.Mildred's eyeswere wideopen and pale,like two pale,empty moons.Her facewas anempty, blankspace.The pagesweredelicate, likethe petals ofa flower.It took foreverto open thedoor, and evenlonger to stashthe book underhis pillow.The firecoughedthenignited.Her smilewas likesunshine.The doorbellshrieked,"Mrs. Montag!Someone ishere."She wasbeginning toshriek now, likea wax dollmelting in itsown heat.The fumesand the firedanced andsparked intolife.She steppedon the gaslike somewild, mindlessbeast.The car waslike a blackbeetle,armored andshiny.The parlorwas adeadbeast.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. The fire cackled as it consumed the house.
  2. The train hissed like a snake
  3. The rain was a soft blanket on his shoulders.
  4. The path of kerosene lay like a track of some evil snake.
  5. Each page was a black butterfly.
  6. Her face was a tomb as she watched and watched and watched.
  7. The door gasped, and started to shut.
  8. "It will take ages to sort through all of these!"
  9. The parlor was as gray as the waters of an ocean.
  10. I've told you a hundred times, the parlor walls are my family.
  11. He kicked the bottle, like kicking a buried mine.
  12. Mildred's eyes were wide open and pale, like two pale, empty moons.
  13. Her face was an empty, blank space.
  14. The pages were delicate, like the petals of a flower.
  15. It took forever to open the door, and even longer to stash the book under his pillow.
  16. The fire coughed then ignited.
  17. Her smile was like sunshine.
  18. The doorbell shrieked, "Mrs. Montag! Someone is here."
  19. She was beginning to shriek now, like a wax doll melting in its own heat.
  20. The fumes and the fire danced and sparked into life.
  21. She stepped on the gas like some wild, mindless beast.
  22. The car was like a black beetle, armored and shiny.
  23. The parlor was a dead beast.
  24. The bomber planes were whistling like an immense, invisible fan.