Direct characterization is when an author clearly states in the text what kind of personality the character has. For example, if the author writes " Cidney was always sad" That would be direct characterization. Indirect characterization would be " Cidney always seemed to be frowing or pouting" which would then lead you to believe she's always sad. Both of those examples pretty much mean the same thing exept one is direct and the other is making you infer.
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A. mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.
A complete predicate includes the verb and the rest of the predicate phrase. A sentence is defined as words meaningfully grouped to express a complete thought. Most of the time, it has a subject and a predicate. In this sentence, the complete subject is ‘loud noises’ and the complete predicate is ‘disturbed the neighbors’. Basically, the sentence conveys the meaning that the neighbors are disturbed by loud noises. All the other choices are phrases or sentence fragments.
A. Hurston points out the popular stereotypes of nonwhite Americans and elaborates on how white Americans underestimate the potential and capability of people of other races.
