Figurative Language in Fahrenheit 451 Part One

Her dress was white and it whispered.

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Something lay hidden behind the grill, something that seemed to peer down at him now.

• personification

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She was like the eager watcher of a marionette show.

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Montag, you shin that pole like a bird up a tree.

• personification

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They fell like slaughtered birds and the woman stood below, like a small girl, among the bodies.

• metaphor

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A book is a loaded gun in the house next door.

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We've got to start somewhere here, figuring out why we're in such a mess. We're heading right for the cliff.

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His hand had done it all, his hand, with a brain of its own, with a conscience and curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned thief.

• personification

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Complete darkness, not a hint of the silver world outside, the windows tightly shut, the chamber a tomb world where no sound could penetrate.

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Because I'm afraid, Montag thought. A child feigning illness, afraid to call because after a moment's discussion, the conversation would run badly.

• personification

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• analogy

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