Manuel took the three rabbits and carried them away to the mountains. He was very sad. "Oh!" he said. "If I set these rabbits fr
ee here, how will I find them again?" —“Manuel Had a Riddle,”
Virginia Hamilton
Which statement best describes the author’s characterization of Manuel in this excerpt?
- The author uses only direct characterization to show that Manuel is worried about the rabbits.
- The author uses indirect characterization by describing Manuel as “sad.”
- The author directly characterizes Manuel as sad and indirectly characterizes him as worried.
- The author describes Manuel and the rabbits using direct and indirect characterization.
This is due to contrast in language. Describing a simple and everyday object such an umbrella is not supposed to need formal or logic language and that is, precisely, the comic effect of the comparison.
