Literary Devices in Fahrenheit 451

Front

"Great python spitting venomous kerosene"

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Metaphor

Front

"Before he reached the corner, however, he slowed as if a wind had sprung up from nowhere..."

Back

Simile

Front

"Her dress was white and it whispered."

Back

Personification

Front

Literary device in the quote: "something that seemed to peer down at him"

Back

Personification

Front

Thin face like a clock dial

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Simile

Front

"Complete darkness, chamber of a tomb world"

Back

Metaphor

Front

Literary device in: 'smile slide away, like a tallow skin'

Back

Simile

Front

"But instead he stood there, very cold, his face a mask of ice"

Back

Metaphor

Front

"One slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well"

Back

Simile

Front

"She had both ears plugged with electronic bees..."

Back

Metaphor