A metaphor is a literary device that compares two unlike things. An extended metaphor follows the same mechanism, but extends the comparison throughout a whole poem or a whole narrative. In this case, the author is using the man hitting a narrator on the head with an umbrella as a metaphor. However, it is an extended metaphor because it is maintained throughout the whole story.
1. the color (it was sheer and as black as the night sky) 2. the texture (the mask was smooth like silk) 3. the size (it covered half of her face) Hope it helps :)
