The literary term 'simile' serves as an example of Slaughterhouse Five: "Dresden looked like the moon, only minerals."
I saw this quote's significance when I re-read it. Vonnegut uses a simile in order to show how everything in the city had been blown to dust. To many, to moon is a beautiful thing, but the prisoners of war do not see it this way after the bombing occurred.
I found it interesting the Vonnegut uses the moon's many minerals in order to describe the scene of Dresden. The author could have said that Dresden was moon-like, and made out of minerals. Instead, "Dresden looked like the moon, only minerals" shows how much of an effect the bombers had on the gorgeous city.
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