Confirmation Day

It was my turn next. The person next to me answered the question, and passed on the microphone to me. I was getting nervous, and I could feel myself starting to sweat. All eyes were on me, making me more nervous than I already was. I let my pastor read the question, and took my time answering. My curious eyes flashed over the question multiple times, as I was figuring it out. I answered and, “Correct,” replied my pastor, smiling down at me. I felt achievement then and there, but I knew there were more questions. I mentally sighed in dismay, but didn’t show it on my facial expression. Confirmation day. The day that almost all of us wait for. It means that we finally get to be done with catechism homework, but it also meant that we were going …show more content…
We thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head(hyperbole). We all let out a breathy laugh because he looked as nervous as a cat in a room full of dogs(simile). I would’ve been too if I’d had to start. As our pastor was reading the questions, we all quietly listened. Jared got the first one right, ding! ‘We’re off to a good start at least,’ I thought to myself. All of the guys went first, and when it got to Chase, I knew he was going to get it wrong. He’d said he didn’t study for it. Pastor read the question, and it felt like he took a hundred years(hyperbole) to answer it. He was most likely contemplating his decision. He was the first one to get his answer wrong. His face was a red balloon (metaphor). It went like that each time we answered. Question after question. Answer after answer. I was as tired as an insomniac (simile) and I just wanted to be done with the questioning.
After about and forty-five minutes, we had one question left. I felt tingly (sensory) inside knowing that there was one question left. It was Cody’s turn for the last question, and thankfully, got it right. I could almost see the nervousness leave (sensory) everybody. We were done with questioning. Now onto the church