Answer:
not taking someone or something into account; apart from; except.
"you have eight more days, excluding Sundays"
Explanation:
1) <span>(1) aggressive
2) </span><span>(3) denying your own feelings and making excuses
i believe, since it is passive, and you aren't trying to give out your emotions to others, which means not giving out true thoughts on one thing or another
3)</span><span>(2) body language
With this, you can tell how someone thinks about something even if they don't say it verbally. People will look at this to see if someone is telling the truth or not
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In this excerpt of "Two Kinds", by Amy Tan, the characterization technique that the author uses is <em>Direct Characterization</em>. In Direct Characterization, the author tells us what he or she wants us to know about the character. He writes about the character's physical appearance, actions, attitudes, inner thoughts, and what others think about the character.
You're answer would be A because it clearly states the thesis of the paragraph.