Fahrenheit 451 Figurative Language

What is the opening line of Fahrenheit 451?

• "The temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns... "

• "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."

• "It was a pleasure to burn."

• "It was a pleasure to eat."

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What is Part One of Fahrenheit 451 called?

• The Hearth and the Salamander

• The Sieve and the Sand

• The Days of our Lives

• Burning Bright

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What is a hearth?

• Name of firetruck

• Floor of a fireplace

• Name of hound

• Fire-station's nickname

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What is a salamander?

• a mythical animal typically represented as a horse with a single straight horn projecting from its forehead.

• a creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

• a unique bird believed to burn itself on a funeral pyre and rise from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle.

• a mythical lizard-like creature said to live in fire or to be able to withstand its effects.

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In the opening scene of Fahrenheit 451, Montag compares the hose the firemen use to-

• A great python

• A conductor

• A symphony

• A marshmallow on a stick

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How many legs does the mechanical hound have?

• Two

• Four

• Six

• Eight

When Montag first sees Clarisse in Fahrenheit 451, he describes how "her dress was white and it whispered" (Bradbury 5). What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

"Her face bright as snow in the moonlight" (Bradbury 7). What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

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"Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal" (Bradbury 7). What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

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"It was like a great bee come home from some field where the honey is full of poison wildness" (Bradbury 24). What type of figurative language is this?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

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