"Use an appropriate level of formality."
Questions and disagreements are allowed to happen in effective interactions. However, formality is very important for effectiveness.
Answer:
A.
Explanation:
It is an example of direct characterization. Characterization is the way in which the writer reveals the character’s personality.
It would still be first person because you're seeing it from the point of view of the characters.
Answer: Providing commentary, separate from the narrative, which illustrates the wastefulness that occurred during the Great Depression.
In this excerpt, Steinbeck provides commentary on the reality of the Great Depression. This is separate from the narrative, and serves to provide more information on the setting and the plot. The excerpt describes the wastefulness that occurred during this time period. Despite the poverty and hunger that was common at the time, the oranges were sprayed with kerosene so that people were not able to pick them up themselves for free.
An idea that is not actually stated in the text, but is kind of referred to, would be an alliteration I believe.