The Eagle is like a gold-speckled bug falling out of the sky
simile
The spacecraft's spindly legs poke out as it rides on its back.
personification
It's surface gouged and cratered and pitted with tiny holes, like a battlefield from some ancient war.
simile
Dark ridges rise like forbidding walls
simile
Spidery shadows creep in the rising sunlight
personification
Dances over its own dark shadow. (referring to the Eagle)
personification
Whew!
onomatopoeia
The surface is as fine as powered charcoal.
simile
They twirl like slow-motion tiptoe dancers.
simile
Like two boys bouncing on a trampoline.
simile
Because of the moon's lesser gravity, they feel light as air.
simile
But underneath its surface dust, the moon is like steel.
simile
Then click.
onomatopoeia
For a priceless moment, all the people on this earth are truly one.
metaphor
The earth stares down.
personification
"A big blue eyeball." he thinks.(referring to earth)
metaphor
