Figurative LanguageImage, Simile and Metaphor in Fahrenheit 451

DO NOW

Love is ___________

Complete this sentence with as many nouns (person, place, thing) as you can

think of.

Ex. Love is a fire

GUIDED NOTES

Figurative Language

A writer’s tool

It helps the reader to visualize (see) what the writer is thinking

It puts a picture in the reader’s mind

GUIDED NOTES

Simile

A simile is used to compare two things

It uses the words “like” or “as” to make comparisons.

“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”

-Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

GUIDED NOTES

Simile (cont.)

Harriet’s eyes were as black as tar

Ian’s hair was like golden wheat

The homeless man’s breath was like rotting sewage

GUIDED NOTES

Metaphor

A metaphor is used to compare two things

Instead of saying something is “like” or “as”, a metaphor states that it just IS.

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”

–Joan Crawford

GUIDED NOTES

Metaphor (cont.)

Suzy is a pig

I am a night owl

You are my sunshine

GUIDED NOTES

Imagery

The author appeals to the reader’s senses (sight, smell, touch, sound) in order to represent objects, actions, or ideas.

Ex. Her face blossomed when she caught a glance of him.

GUIDED NOTES

Imagery (cont.)

The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.

He could never escape from the iron grip of desire.

He could hear his world crashing down around him.

Class Discussion

Pg. 37

“Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his upturned face. A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering. In the dim, wavering light, a page hung open and it was like a snowy feather, the words delicately painted thereon.”

“Montag’s hand closed like a mouth, crushed the book with wild devotion, with an insanity of mindlessness to his chest. The men above were hurling shovelfuls of magazines into the dusty air. They fell like slaughtered birds and the woman stood below, like a small girl, among the bodies.”

Group WorkProducer: Read pg. 119 (my book).

All students: Write down each example of simile, metaphor, and imagery that you find (there may be more than one of each).

Director: Keep your group on task, make sure everyone speaks!

Montag is about to be arrested by Beatty after being forced to burn the books hidden in his house.

Begins: “No!” said Montag. He twitched the safety catch on the flame thrower.

Ends: The other two firemen did not move.

Exit Ticket

Write a paragraph about your favorite place using the

techniques reviewed in class: image, simile, and metaphor. Write at least 5 sentences.