Simile to Describe the Sun
The narrator and her husband had gone to see an eclipse. The narrator described the sun as, ‘The sun was a wide crescent, like a segment of tangerine.’ The simile builds imagery by likening the shape of the sun to a segment of tangerine.
Similes to Describe the Eclipse
The narrator used similes to describe the eclipse that they saw on top of a hill facing The Yakima Valley. The eclipse is described as, ‘At once the disk of sky slid over the sun like a lid. The sky snapped over the sun like a lens cover.’ This description has likened how the sky slid over the sun to how a lid slides over a particular container.
Simile to Describe the Ring of Light
A ring of light was seen in the sky which the narrator described as, ‘The ring is as small as one goose in a flock of migrating geese.’ The narrator used the simile to illustrate the size of the ring of light in comparison to the sky.
Simile to Describe a Smoke Ring
The narrator described a smoke ring seen in the sky as, ‘It was as useless as a memory, it was off kilter and hollow and wretched as a memory.’ The simile has likened the smoke ring to a memory for both were useless to her.
Simile to Describe the Time that the Eclipse Occurred
The narrator used a simile to describe the time that the eclipse occurred. It is described as, ‘ It was as dark as night.’ This is a simile that likened that time of day to be as dark as night immediately the eclipse occurred.
