Fahrenheit 451 Ws#1

Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury used lots of similes and metaphors to create mental pictures or images in his readers’ minds. As a result, his prose often sounds much like poetry. 1. Define Metaphor in your own words first and then write the correct definition below it.

2. Paraphrase each example of poetic prose below by writing what each one literally means. “He strode in a swarm of fireflies” (page 3)

“Her dress was white and it whispered.” (page 5)

“They walked in the warm-cool blowing night on the silvered pavement….” (page 6)

“…what shadow she threw on the wall with her slender body.” (page 11)

“…the electrical murmur of a hidden wasp snug in its special pink warm nest.” (page 12)