<span>Empathetic listening is paying attention to another person with empathy it is intended to clarify the facts or information being presented and to identify and respond to the emotions or feelings of the other person</span>
The sentence that is an example of direct characterization is I noticed that he was fat and bald-headed, and had an expression of winning gentleness and simplicity upon his tranquil countenance.
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Direct characterization</em> refers to the way the narrator or other characters describe a character. This characterization is done through the use <em>adjectives </em>that reveal physical or personality traits. The character is described in a straightforward manner and, this helps the reader to have a better idea of the type of character they are going to read about in the story.
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Negative connotation.
I think this because they use this to say that the aunts are impulsive
i think)
