In english class we have been lookin for different quotes of figures of speech in the book fahrenheit 451, and here are some examples of the ones we found:

Personification: In the page 68 it says “Montag did not look back at his wife as he went trembling along the hall to the kitchen, were he stood a long time watching the rain hits the window before he came back down the hall in the gray light, waiting for the tremble to subside.” This is a personification because the rain can´t hit the window, the ones that “hit” are the humans. This makes us think that the rain was really strong.

Oxymoron: In the page 69 it says “I saw the damnedest snake in the world the other night. It was dead but it was alive. It could see but it couldn’t see. You want to see that snake? It´s at Emergency Hospital where they field a report on all the junk the snake got out of you! Would you like to go and check their file? Maybe you´d look under Guy Montag or maybe under Fear or War. Would you like to go to that burnt last night? And rake ashes for the bones of the woman who set fire to her own house! What about Clarisse McClellan, where do we look for her? The morgue! Listen!” This is an oxymoron because it is a contradiction. A snake can’t be alive and dead at the same time, and can’t see and not see at the same time. This makes us feel confused about what is actually happening to the snake.

Hyperbole: In the page 70 it says “I´ve heard rumors; the world is starving but we are well fed.” This is a hyperbole because the entire world can’t be starving, many a lot of people but not the whole world. This makes us feel that they are really egocentric because they think that they are superior than the others because they have more things, in this case food, than a lot of people.

Simile: In the page 72 it says “She was beginning to shriek now, sitting there like a wax doll melting in its own heat.” This is a simile because it is comparing a wax doll that is melting with a person, in this case Mildred. This make us feel like Mildred is so sad and upset that she´s it´s like melting.

Anaphora: In the page 72 it says “Light the first page, light the second page. Each becomes a black butterfly. Beautiful, eh? Light the third page, from the second and so on, chain-smoking, chapter by chapter all the silly things the words mean, all the false promises, all the secondhand motions and time-worn philosophies.” This is an anaphora because the word “light” is repeated several times. This makes us feel that they really hate book because of all those false promises and silly words that books have.