<span>B. The citizens did not identify themselves by their ethnicity as did the rest of the country.</span>
Direct characterization is when an author clearly states in the text what kind of personality the character has. For example, if the author writes " Cidney was always sad" That would be direct characterization. Indirect characterization would be " Cidney always seemed to be frowing or pouting" which would then lead you to believe she's always sad. Both of those examples pretty much mean the same thing exept one is direct and the other is making you infer.
Answer:
I think abiding.
Explanation:
I don't know why. It is just a guess
B. Because if a speaker spoke quickly listeners might have a hard time listening to what they are saying.
