Singular noun is a noun that assigns to one thing, one person and one idea. Example: Boy, Girl, Father, Mother, Man, Doctor and so on.
a convincing tone because he wants to convince them that the mascot should be changed to a bear.
Answer: C. He was struck with an idea to help other children who did not have easy access to books.
Explanation:
The attached text explains how the novel idea of <em>Read 'n' Roll</em> by Stan Tucker came to be.
It speaks of how Tucker was teaching a kindergarten in a school that must have been planning a book fair because a kid approached Tucker and told him that he would not be able to come for it because his mom could not afford it.
This resonated deeply with Mr. Tucker and led to him being struck with an idea to help children who did not have easy access to books get access. This was how Read 'n' Roll came to be.
<span>In 'Fahrenheit 451', Beatty tells Montag that the decline of books started during the Civil War era. In that time, radio and television became a big thing, and books were less interesting to the general public. People started wanting to know quick news, celebrity gossip, and about the entertaining things that were going on. They became less interested in books. Books became of less quality, and education declined. He also went on to discuss how different authors disagreed with each other, especially on the war, and therefore, the solution was found to get rid of books. The reaction of his explanation is that people would rather have exciting information whether it was true or not than engage in learning through reading a book. They like to do the least amount of work possible in order to amuse themselves.</span>
The author is using B. INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION.
Indirect Characterization refers to what the character says or does. In the above passage, the author wrote what the character does. We, as the readers, only infer what the character is all about because we cannot read his mind or "get inside his head".
Direct Characterization refers to what the narrator directly says or thinks about the character. The reader is told what the character is like.
