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

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