a sudden peal of thunder rang out on the left and a star fell from the sky, trailing a great torch of light in its course through the darkness. We watched it glide over the topmost pinnacles of the house and bury itself, still bright, in the woods of Mount Ida, leaving its path marked out behind it,
Pathetic fallacy - when the weather/climate/surroundings in some way echo the ups and downs of the plot and the emotions of the characters. PF is the use of this device to give more power to am image and to convey and idea clearly to a reader.
