Similes
What two things are being compared in “He wore his happiness like a mask”?
Montag’s happiness and a mask.
The fire hose is described as a great python. What device is this?
Metaphor.
What device gives nonhuman things human qualities?
Personification
What literary device appeals to the reader’s senses?
Imagery.
What device involves deliberate exaggeration?
Hyperbole.
“Her face bright as snow in the moonlight” uses which device?
Simile
In “He strode in a swarm of fireflies,” what do the fireflies represent?
Sparks from the fire.
What human action is given to the books when they “died on the porch”?
Dying.
Which sense is emphasized by describing Clarisse’s “milk-white” face?
Sight.
Which device is identified in the quiz’s “Twenty million Montags running” passage?
Hyberbole.
What word signals the comparison in “The books leapt and danced like roasted birds”?
Like.
What does Montag compare kerosene to when he says it is “nothing but perfume”?
Perfume.
What is personified when Montag sees the house “sleeping”?
The House
Which sense is emphasized by bombers “gasping, murmuring, whistling”?
Hearing.
What device uses the words like or as to compare two things?
Simile.
What does comparing helicopters to falling snowflakes help readers visualize?
The helicopters falling through the sky.
Clarisse’s face is described as “fragile milk crystal.” What device is used?
Metaphor.
What human action is given to the train radio when it “vomited upon Montag”?
Vomiting
What visual image is created by books going up in “sparkling whirls”?
Burning books swirling and blowing away.
What device directly compares two things without using like or as?
Metaphor
Why is comparing a pill bottle to a buried mine a simile?
It compares the two using “like.”
Why is the comparison of Montag’s hands to a conductor’s hands a metaphor?
It makes a direct comparison without using like or as.
In the quiz, what object is described as trembling when jet planes pass?
The firehouse.
How do the autumn leaves moving around Clarisse contribute to imagery?
They create a visual picture of swirling leaves and a seemingly still Clarisse.
What device is used when a nonliving object is described as performing a human action?
Personification.