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Making a comparison between two or more things using the words like or as

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The use of description and the five senses to create vivid pictures for the reader

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To give human-like characteristics and qualities to non-human things

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A comparison of two things where one is said to be the other using words such as: is, are, were, was

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-“The gray oysters with ruffles like skirts on the shells” (16)
-“She looked up at him, her eyes were as cold as the eyes of a lioness” (7)
- “at last there came to view eight small misshapen seed pearls, as ugly and gray as little ulcers.”(11)
-“For the minds of people are as unsubstantial as the mirage of the Gulf” (15)
-“The great pearl, perfect as the moon” (19)

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-"The dawn came quickly now, a wash, a glow, a lightness, and then an explosion of fire as the sun arose out of the Gulf" (3).
-"The city of harsh outer walls and inner cool gardens where a little water played and the Bougainville crusted the walls with purple and brick-red and white" (8).
-"A copper haze hung over the water, and the hot morning sun beat on it and made it vibrate blindingly" (14).
-"his body rose to the surface and his black hair gleamed in the sunlight" (18).
-"He could see the little image of the consecrated candle reflected in the soft surface of the pearl" (39).

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-"the yellow sun threw"(Steinbeck 8)
-"The sun was warming the brush house, breaking through its crevices in long streaks"(Steinbeck 4)
-"And the beauty of the pearl, winking"(Steinbeck 39)
-"two roosters bowed and feinted" (Steinbeck 4)
-"her eyes were alive" (Steinbeck 38)

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-“Her dark eyes made little reflected stars.” (1)
-"And the rhythm of the family song was the grinding stone where Juana worked the corn for the morning cakes.” (3)
-“an explosion of fire as the sun rose across the gulf.”(3)
-“the surface of the water was an undulating mirror of brightness.”(17)