Characterization refers to an author's presentation of the people participating in the story. Hope this helped!
Excerpt from: Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
THERE was no use in arguing with a person like this. I promptly put such a strain on my memory that by and by even the shoal water and the countless crossing-marks began to stay with me. But the result was just the same. I never could more than get one knotty thing learned before another presented itself. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. So he began—
What conclusion can you make from the first paragraph?
A) Mr. Bixby dislikes the narrator.
B) The narrator is angry with Mr. Bixby.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
D) Mr. Bixby thinks the narrator is stubborn.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
Answer:
B, unsure about the new experience.
Explanation:
if you look in the writing, you can see key sentences that had a hint of worry and hesitation to them. for example "pressed for time, I finally decided it was safe enough to try."
Answer:
The correct answer is option A
Many scientific theories that are mentioned in the novel have been applied in real life.
Explanation:
Some of the inventions that Mary Shelley describes in her novel Frankenstein are now applicated in real life such as the stimulation of frog nerves.
