Explain how symbols can be used to create suspense in a narrative. describe an example of how a writer may use a symbol to create suspense.

Symbols are objects or actions that are included in a text in order to convey something deeper or more varied than their literal meaning. A symbol can create suspense because of its repetition. When a symbol appears several times in a text, it can affect the mood of a text. Moreover, it can foreshadow future events that the reader anticipates.

An example of a symbol is the skull that appears in Hamlet. On the one hand, this object is simply Yorick's skull. However, on a different level, the skull is a symbol that represents mortality. The presence of the skull leads Hamlet to ponder about his own mortality, and it increases the suspense in the reader.

the answer is both an appeal to ethos and logos (if that's what your question options were)