Harrison Bergeron Figurative Language

"Her voice was a warm, melodious, time-less melody"

Metaphor

"The photograph danced to the tune of an earthquake"

Personification

"A buzzer sounded in George's head. His thoughts fled in panic like bandits from a burglar alarm".

Simile

"The bar snapped like celery."

Simile

"They leaped like deer on the moon."

Simile

"So no one would feel like something the cat drug in."

Idiom/Simile

"Harrison looked like a walking junkyard."

Simile

Clanking, clowish, and huge.

Alliteration

"The photograph of Harrison Bergeron on the screen jumped again and again..."

Personification

"She was blindingly beautiful."

Hyperbole and alliteration

"It became their obvious intention to kiss the ceiling. They kissed it."

Hyperbole

"...revealed a man that would have awed Thor, the god of thunder."

Allusion

"For many was the time his own home had danced to the same crashing tune."

Personification

"...right back into the dark ages again."

Allusion

"His thoughts fled in a panic."

Personification

"The rest of Harrison's appearance was Halloween and hardware."

Metaphor

"...shriek of a door being torn from its hinges."

Personification

"Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else."

Repetition/Parallel Structure

'I am the Emperor!' cried Harrison. 'Do you hear? I am the Emperor! Everybody must do what I say at once!' He stamped his foot and the studio shook."

Repetition

"And then, in an explosion of joy and grace, into the air they sprang!"

Metaphor/Hyperbole

"Not only were the laws of the land abandoned, but the law of gravity and the laws of motion as well."

Hyperbole

"Instead of a little ear radio for a mental handicap, he wore a tremendous pair of earphones, and spectacles with thick wavy lenses... Scrap metal hung all over him..."

Imagery

Similes & metaphors are...

Comparisons

Repetition is used...

to emphasize

Hyperboles are

exaggerations

Imagery...

allows the reader to picture the scene in their head