Ethos
"'That's Egyptian.' Jim pointed his nose a a bug soldered to the iron. 'Scarab beetle.'" (pg 7)
Ethos is being used here because this takes place when the lightening rod salesman is trying to sell the boys the lightening rod. With all the unique, and bizzare, symbols on the rod, it makes it seem more trusthworthy, as if it's legitimate and has been used for centuries.
The effect on the story is it gives a sense of mystery to the scene taking place, with all the wierd hieroglyphics on the rod. The scene is meant to be creepy-- this aids it.
Ethos is being used here because this takes place when the lightening rod salesman is trying to sell the boys the lightening rod. With all the unique, and bizzare, symbols on the rod, it makes it seem more trusthworthy, as if it's legitimate and has been used for centuries.
The effect on the story is it gives a sense of mystery to the scene taking place, with all the wierd hieroglyphics on the rod. The scene is meant to be creepy-- this aids it.
Pathos
"...Will... makes me feel so old... a man should play baseball with his son..." (pg 37)
You can tell Pathos is being used here because it makes you feel pity for the father. He feels bad because he can't play baseball with his son, so as a reader you end up feeling the same way.
You can tell Pathos is being used here because it makes you feel pity for the father. He feels bad because he can't play baseball with his son, so as a reader you end up feeling the same way.
Pathos
"Somewhere in him, a shadow turned mournfully over. You had to run with a night like this, so the sadness could not hurt." (pg 17)
Pathos is again being used here because the author uses words such as shadow, mournfully, and sadness. These are words that are powerful enough to make the reader understand just how the character is feeling. The impact on the reader is forceful.
Pathos is again being used here because the author uses words such as shadow, mournfully, and sadness. These are words that are powerful enough to make the reader understand just how the character is feeling. The impact on the reader is forceful.
Foreshadowing
"'Climb that roof, nail this rod high, ground it in the good earth before nightfall!'" (pg 9)
This utilizes foreshadowing because when the author says "before nightfall", you start to wonder "Well, what happens after nightfall?" This makes the reader anticipate what will happen in the next few chapters, and the story introduces the next scenes effectively by including those two simple words-- it leaves the reader wanting more.
This utilizes foreshadowing because when the author says "before nightfall", you start to wonder "Well, what happens after nightfall?" This makes the reader anticipate what will happen in the next few chapters, and the story introduces the next scenes effectively by including those two simple words-- it leaves the reader wanting more.
Imagery
"His hair was dark autumn chesnut and the veins in his temples and brow and in his neck and ticking in his wrists and on the backs of his slender hands, all these were dark blue." (pg 39)
This is obviously imagery because as you read the text, you start to picture Jim Nightshade as a character. The effect on the reader is that they can finally start piecing the book together in their mind as a movie.
This is obviously imagery because as you read the text, you start to picture Jim Nightshade as a character. The effect on the reader is that they can finally start piecing the book together in their mind as a movie.
This share of work was completed by Madison Phillips. This page is containing the literary references I have found in the book Something Wicked This Way Comes.