The correct answer is b) direct characterization.
When the narrator directly reveals a character's traits and personality, this is known as direct characterization.
Old Major's characteristics, including his nickname and his highly regarded judgment and communication abilities, are specially mentioned in the excerpt from "Animal Farm."
The remaining options are incorrect because satirical exaggeration is the increase of certain characteristics to make something look ridiculous, whereas parody is an imitation with intentional excess.
Indirect characterization is the depiction of a character's personality through his or her actions, speech, and visual appeal.
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Correct Question
Read the passage from chapter 1 of Animal Farm. Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour's sleep in order to hear what he had to say. Which literary technique does this most exemplify?
a) indirect characterization
b) direct characterization
c) direct parody
d) satirical exaggeration
