Direct object is D. A NOUN, PRONOUN, OR WORD GROUP THAT RECEIVES THE ACTION OF THE VERB.
Direct object follows a transitive verb (action verb) not a linking verb. It is always placed after the verb not before it. It receives the action not modifies the action verb.
The effectiveness of a speech tags is more often related to how you used it rather than what type of speech tag it is
It is used to alert the readers about a sentence that is directly spoken
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Answer:
Hurston describes herself as a brown bag among white, yellow, and red bags. Each bag has a jumble of contents both marvelous and ordinary, such as a “first-water diamond” or a “dried flower or two still a little fragrant.” The differently colored bags are Hurston's central metaphor for her mature understanding of race.
