The Eclipse

A- the moment when a solar eclipse reaches totality

B- a time when she experienced a bizarre hallucination

C- learning that she and her husband perceived the world differently

D- how the wisdom of other times in history applies today

F- objectively teach readers key facts about eclipses

G- reflect her disoriented state of mind during the experience

H- amuse readers with her humor about her limited understanding

J- persuade readers that nothing is more amazing than an eclipse

A- Dillard lost her memory of events before the eclipse.

B- People became physically separated from each other.

C- No one was able to speak or hear during totality.

D- The appearances of everyday things changed dramatically.

An eclipse has a scientific explanation that few people understand.

What happens during an eclipse has never been fully explained by science.

One must experience an eclipse to understand it scientifically.

Experiencing an eclipse is different than knowing what scientifically causes it.

To present a vividly poetic account of an experience

To give factual details about a scientific process in nature

To explain a perspective that differs from accepted facts

To show how eclipses are usually perceived by average people

It implies that the narrator is concerned about the effects of the eclipse on the world around her.

It demonstrates that a change in lighting can change people's moods in drastic ways.

It emphasizes the power of an eclipse to transform the familiar into something new.

It encourages the reader to consider the frightening effects of an eclipse.

wonder

frustration

intrigue

disbelief

Time moved more quickly during the eclipse.

Our surroundings made it feel like a different time.

We were falling through a tunnel of different eras.

The eclipse made us realize how much changes between eras.

judgment

nostalgia

awe

finality

Part of the brain is shut off from the rest.

Part of the mind is concealed like the sun.

The narrator feels strangely disconnected.

The narrator realizes and understands something.

Scientists can explain the eclipse, but people experience the eclipse in different ways. The narrator has a surreal experience of the eclipse, but other people might experience it differently.

Scientists can explain the eclipse. People experience the eclipse in different ways. The narrator is having a surreal experience of the eclipse.

Scientists can explain the eclipse, but people experience the eclipse in different ways. For example, the narrator has a surreal experience of the eclipse.

Scientists can explain many things about the eclipse. People experience the eclipse in different ways. The narrator writes about a surreal experience of the eclipse.

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches three-fourth

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches half way

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches the turning point

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches totality

- Reflect her oriented state of mind during the storm

- Reflect his oriented state of existing years after

- Reflect humans oriented state of the body during the experience

- Reflect her disoriented state of mind during the experience

The repetition reveals that this was the weakest visual impression the illustrator was left with and suggested that this is something powerless.

The repetition reveals that this was the strongest visual impression the author was left with and suggested that this is something timeless.

The repetition reveals that it is the hopeless visual impression the author was left with and suggested that this is something timeless.

It doesn't reveal the strongest visual impression, the musician was not left with and suggested that this is something word.

The earth moves between the moon and the sun, blocking most or part of the sun’s light, depending on the viewer’s location.

The moon moves between the earth and the sun, blocking most or part of the sun’s light, depending on the viewer’s location.

The sun moves between the earth and the moon, blocking most or part of the sun’s light, depending on the viewer’s location.

The moon moves between the stars and the sky, blocking most or part of the sun’s light, depending on the viewer’s location.

The appearances of someday things do not change dramatically.

The appearances of everyday things changed dramatically.

The appearances of yourself change dramatically.

The appearances of your friends change dramatically.

recede

saturate

wane

hue

hue

wane

saturate

recede

hue

recede

saturate

wane

hue

saturate

recede

wane

from Total Sun

from Total Stars

from Total Eclipse

from Total Moon

Orphan Dillard

Annie Dillard

Annie Bennie

John Knowles

Literary Text

Literary Fiction

Literary Nonfiction

Literary Fiction

The moment when a star eclipse reaches totality.

The moment when a moon eclipse reaches half way.

The moment when a solar eclipse reaches totality.

The moment when a student reaches the end of the school year.

Los Angeles, California

Lares, Puerto Rico

Bronx, New York

Chicago, Illinois