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Free Read #4 Cassandra Clare analyzes the style of literature throughout her book, City of Bones, using several techniques to convey the meaning of the story. Imagery, diction, syntax, attitude, literary elements, and organization are all included to explain the textual details. By using these literary techniques, the author allows readers to become more interested in the book; allowing the book to come to life. The New York Times Bestseller, City of Bones, has a fast-moving pace keeping the readers focused on every detail, drawing themselves into the book. The elements that stand out the most include: imagery, point of view, dialogue, figurative language, and sensory details. Imagery is made to set up visual images for the readers to picture in their mind. In the book, the author uses imagery to describe the shape and images of the demons the main character, Clary Fray, encounters. The demons receive excessive traits; they are made in different forms. Therefore, Clare explains these vicious demons and their abilities to bring forth the plot of the story. For example, “It was crouched against the floor, a long, scaled creature with a cluster of flat black eyes set dead center in the front of its domed skull. Something like a cross between an alligator and a centipede, it had a thick, flat snout and a barbed tail that whipped menacingly from side to side”(50). This is the first demon that Clary comes face to face with; it’s called a Ravener. This is a major event in the story because Clary realizes the world is not as is seems to be. The world is filled with creatures of night, and her mother was a part of it all this time. In addition, another piece of imagery the author uses is when she explains the setting of the story. “Inside, the club was full of dry ice smoke. Colored lights played over the dance floor, turning it into a multicolored fairyland of blues and acid greens, hot pinks and golds” (2). In this quote the author describes the setting of the