Read the sentences. Alaskan brown bears are known to be fierce and protective parents. Encountering a bear and its cub could be
dangerous, and hikers should be particularly cautious. Which phrase is a gerund phrase? Alaskan brown bears and protective parents encountering a bear particularly cautious
This is indirect characterization, because the excerpt does not explicitly say he was mad at his grandmother. Instead, it gives an implicit clue that he is via body language.
