Since we don't know which verb is underlined, I will just write the sentence with all verbs in past tense.
The Dobbs filed a complaint with the main office, and a vice president offered to personally investigate the problem.
I think its the third one. Hope I'm right, and hope I helped you.
I say C because all the other ones sounds right
Answer:
An example of direct characterization from this passage is <em>"She was a pious woman; she had the consolations of religion and, to her at least, her martyrdom was not wholly sordid"</em>
Explanation:
"A Wagner Matinee" is a short story by Willa Cather published in 1904. In this passage a young Bostonian named Clark, the story's narrator, is describing his Aunt's past, and her care and love for him.
In most of the lines from this passage, he describer his aunt's character indirectly by her actions and reactions to specific situations. But in this line<em>"She was a pious woman; she had the consolations of religion and, to her at least, her martyrdom was not wholly sordid" </em>he describes her directly. He uses adjectives<em> pious</em>, and phrases 'had the consolation of religion', 'her martyrdom was not wholly sordid.' to characterize her.
Direct Characterization:
It is a characterization technique in which author or any character from the story/novel describes and reveals a character by using descriptive adjectives, epithets, or phrases.
Indirect Characterization:
In this technique of characterization an author reveals a character through character's actions and reactions to specific situations and conflicts.
The line is: "<span>We thought it was better to go under the high wire fence at the rear of the Radley lot, we stood less chance of being seen. The fence enclosed a large garden and a narrow wooden outhouse."
In literature, "foreshadowing" signifies that the narrator is giving the reader a hint as to what will happen later on in the story. This line foreshadows that Jem will later have trouble with the high wire fence when trying to escape from Radley's backyard. </span>
