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

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.


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