1. John Peter Pascual, Yasmin, Logan, Sean and David
Fahrenheit 451
Literary Devices
Presented by
John Peter Pascual, Yasmin, Logan, Sean and David
Pr. 6

2. Metaphor Tone confident
"This age thinks better of a gilded fool than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school." p.107
Tone
confident

3. Metaphor
“A great earthquake had come with fire and leveled the house.” p.118
Tone
disastrous

4. Simile Tone Criticizing
“the body as thin as a praying mantis.” “her flesh like white bacon.”
Tone
Criticizing

5. Simile Tone Delightful
“torn off and spilled out like swan feather.”p.117
Tone
Delightful

6. Personification Tone harsh
“the last rolling thunder of the avalanche stoned down about his ears.”p.119
Tone
harsh

7. Personification “all writhing flame on the lawn as Montag.”
“pulse of liquid fire on him.”p. 119
Tone
severe

8. Imagery
“There was a smell like a cut potato from all the land, raw and cold and white from all the land.” p. 146
Tone
fervent

9. Imagery
“Montag stood with the flame thrower in his limp hands, great islands of perspiration,drenching his armpits,his face smeared with soot.” p.117
Tone
frightened

10. Symbolism
“only the man with captain Beatty's hat and the sign of the phoenix on his hat...” p.30
Tone
respectful

11. Symbolism
“... in the wilderness, the men all moved their hands, putting out the fire together.”p.156
Tone
compassionate

12. Metaphor
“The police helicopters were rising so far away that it seemed someone had blown the gray head of a dry dandelion flower.”
Tone
celebratory

13. Metaphor
“with the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python.” p. 1
Tone
exhilarated

14. Metaphor
“Faber was back there in the steaming tar that had no name. p. 125
Tone
hostile

15. Simile “The house burnt like an ancient bit of scenery.”p. 115 Tone
respectful

16. Simile
“there was only a girl with him now, her face bright as snow in the moonlight,” p.7
Tone
relaxed

17. Personification
“The seashell hummed on his ear.” p.124
Tone
friendly

18. Personification “His eyes were beginning to feel hunger.” Tone
Amazement

19. Imagery
“He was crushed by darkness and the look of the country and the million odors on a wind that iced his body.”p.143
Tone
bitter

20. Imagery
“ He washed his hands and face and toweled himself dry making little sound.” p.125
Tone
tender

21. Repetition
“...watch for a man running... watch for the running man... watch for a man alone, watch for a man running... on foot... watch...”p.124
Tone
commanding

22. Metaphor
“and then he was shrieking blaze, a jumping, sprawling, gibbering mannikin.” p.121
Tone
inconsiderate

23. Simile “The books leapt and danced like roasted birds.”p.117 Tone
blunt

24. Metaphor
“His throat was burn trust and his eyes were wept dry with running.”p.140
Tone
serious

25. Repetition
“A damn fool, an awful idiot, a damn fool, an awful idiot.”p.121
Tone
disappointment