- "You're a regular book burner" (Montag, referring to Clarisse)
- "Dover Beach" (poem recited by Faber)
Euphemism:
- "The Firemen" (instead of "book burners")
- "The Hearth and the Salamander" (the fire station)
- "The Book People" (outsiders who value literature)
Hyperbole:
- "The whole world is one big bonfire" (Granger)
- "The books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers" (Montag, describing the book burning)
Metaphor:
- "The rain began again. It was a cold rain, driven by a northwest wind that cut through Montag's body like a thousand knives" (Montag's feelings of alienation and isolation)
- "The wind died down and the rain stopped" (a change in the atmosphere, symbolizing a change in Montag's perspective)
Oxymoron:
- "The sound of silence" (Montag, describing the city after the war)
- "The hot cold light of the television screen" (Montag, describing the TV)
- "Mild wildness of the blue-fire malice in Clarisse's eyes" (Montag, describing Clarisse)
Personification:
- "The city was a forest of steel and concrete" (Montag, describing the city)
- "The flame danced and flickered" (Montag, describing the fire)
Simile:
- "The air was like a furnace blast as they raced through the night." (Montag, describing the ride on the fire engine.)
Symbolism:
- The book (knowledge, freedom, individuality)
- The fire (destruction, censorship, conformity)
- The salamander (rebirth, transformation, hope)