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


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