Using the plate method for portioning food will enable the patient to receive all of the required daily nutrients and the amount of each food item. This method enables for a simple measure of the amount of food that should be served , so yh have a great day !
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.
An Encyclopedia because it is a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
