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

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