Question

"If you get out your cell phone ONE MORE TIME while I'm talking," Mrs. Gradgrind howled, "I will personally flush it down the toilet!" What narrative technique is used to characterize the English teacher in this sentence? A) description B) dialogue C) pacing D) reflection

Answer 1

The answer is A) description because the teacher is describing the exact consequence for the exact behaviour. We can see that she has little time for nonsense and for misbehaviour and that she is strict and doles out punishments. While we can see this through actual dialogue it is not dialogue that characterizes the teacher. Pacing is used to see how fast or slow the story progresses and reflection is looking back on a story.