Use Of Metaphors By Sandra Cisneros

Sandra Cisneros uses literary techniques to characterize Rachel she uses, many metaphors and imagery to give the reader a sense of what going on in Rachel's life. The author expresses logos and ethos in the passages.
Rachel is characterized as an 10 year old girl turning 11 with many thoughts ,as the author expresses logos in the beginning of the excerpt:”when you’re eleven you’re also ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one”. which she explains with many examples with imagery, like giving the reader a picture as she states,”you might need to sit on mama’s lap because you’re scared that’s part of being five”which give you a picture of a young child running to see his mother while the child crys.Also with that sentence,