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[She] had kindled the callow fancy of the most idle and shiftless of all
the village lads, and had conceived for this Howard Carpenter one of
those absurd and extravagant passions which a handsome country boy of
twenty one sometimes inspires in a plain, angular, spectacled woman of
thirty. (Willa Cather, "A Wagner Matinee")
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To determine the central idea of an essay on man, the reader should first FIND OUT THE SUBJECT OF THE ESSAY AND WHAT THE AUTHOR OVERALL OPINION ABOUT THE SUBJECT IS.
The central idea of an essay or text refers to the main idea in the essay; it is the point that the author is trying to pass across to his readers. Some authors clearly state the main idea of their writings while some authors do not, in this case the central idea has to be determined by inference. An essay may have more than one central ideas. Generally, the central idea of an essay can be found in three different places, which are: in the beginning of the essay, near the end of the essay or it can be implied through the sentences used in the essay.
Answer:
paragraph 1- Smoking is bad for the nation's health (but lots of people still do it).
paragraph 2- Smoking is bad for the economy.
paragraph 3- Smoking is largest single cause of avoidable death.
paragraph 4- Other uses of tobacco are also deadly.
paragraph 5- Smoking is dangerous for nonsmokers as well.
paragraph 6- People need to stop smoking; We need to renew efforts to get people to stop smoking.
Explanation:
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Sentences 1, 2, and 4 contain characterization.
Characterization is a literary device that is used to highlight and explain details about a character in a story. This can includes things like the character's behavior, thought-process, opinions and ideas, conversations with other characters, and how others in the story react to the character's personality. There are two different types of characterization.
1. Direct or Explicit Characterization
This approach uses another character, the narrator, or the character themself to tell the reader about the character.
2. Indirect or Implicit Characterization
In this approach, the reader has to determine the characteristics of the character themselves
<em>Of the five statements, three contain characterization:</em>
- <em>“I don’t think your joke is funny,” she huffed, </em><em>glowering</em><em> at her friend.
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- <em>The tardy bell rang, but he </em><em>sauntered</em><em> to class </em><em>unconcerned</em><em>.</em>
- <em>She waited </em><em>patiently</em><em> as she </em><em>carefully</em><em> adjusted the telescope.
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The bolded words help us explain the character's behavior, which is why they are considered to contain characterization.
The other two sentences are not considered to use characterization because they describe places or things and not a character.
- <u>The house</u> loomed ominously on the hill; no occupants were visible.
- <u>The town’s laws</u> required that all teenagers be home by 11 p.m.