Science

The sites, the sounds, stranded on the center of the planet Jupiter-(stock setting 1), my loyal first mate Jeffery, and three other members of the ship have survived. The crash was brutal, like a meteorite we hurled through the atmosphere(Simile2). I captain Richard Smith-(Protagonist3) for the first time in my illustrious and decorated career have gotten into a minor accident-(Euphemism4)The smell of the burning ship still fresh in my mind.

It all started years ago when I left earth. (Simple sentence 5) I began to miss the sights, the sounds, and the smells of the place I used to live (Parallelism 6). For once my young and flamboyant attitude that defined my youth has gotten the best of me. Ah those were the days. The journey afterword continued smoothly, just a routine planetary checkup tasked with remeasuring the circumference of Uranus. (Syntax 7)We just crested Saturn’s rings when, “Captain look now”, asteroid penetrated the right engine block.( Parenthesis 8). Wabam! (Onomatopoeia 9) The ship rocked from the impact. “Maybe now’s a good time to turn off the rock music” (Sarcasm 10) yelled my first mate, as Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven is the only song I listen too while cruising through the stars. (Irony 11). I griped the wheel of my falling ship, and began to speak to my crew. “I Richard the magnificent (Epithet 12) your most noble captain come to you today to express my deepest regret… (Ellipsis 13) as you may have come to realize our beastly ship is falling, an asteroid at fault for our fall, but fear not crew for I am in command.” Like an angry mama bear I gripped onto that wheel for dear life (Image 14) sweating as the space dust was flying all around me. In this time of panic however I only felt peace, thinking of my deceased mother during my decent. “I won’t let go momma” (apostrophe 15) I cried out as the ship continued to hurdle through the stars, aiming right for the gaseous ball known to many as the planet Jupiter. I turned my head to the left, my first mate Jeffery also holding on for dear life, I looked at him and chuckled saying “I think we’ve got a little bit of a scratch”(Understatement 16) after that I blacked out.

I awoke unscathed by the wreck a miserable success (Oxymoron 17) of sorts I’d call it. But what happened all seems to be a blur. Around me I see my first mate Jeffery and three other people stand. After gathering my thoughts I yelled out “crash more like a below average landing” –(meiosis 18) this is when my laugh became just a desperate gasp. My voice it had no sound, this is when I realized that my true enemy no oxygen (Antagonist 19) had finally found me. A wry smile crossed my face as I slowly collapsed onto the rocky surface. My head spinning from the lack of oxygen I was able to crack one more joke. “Hey Jeffery at least I didn’t die in Uranus.” This was the end goodbye cruel world.

1^st person (Point of view 20)