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i believe the answer would be D!
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If direct characterization, as opposed to indirect characterization, straightforwardly describes or tells for the reader the personality and the traits of a character ("the woman was tall and shy; the man was small and was nervous"), then the sentence in the excerpt that contains it is this one: "Both were pretty, active, country girls who had no ambition to go on the stage." Other sentences in the excerpt are providing information about them (they were friends, they were young, they lived in a boarding house, they lived in a boarding house, and they were working), but they do not directly reveal their traits.
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19. I would go against swimming so soon after lunch
20. Alex come on or we´ll be late
21. Why don't you get rid of that furniture
22. I got caught by surprise by what you said
23. I can´t hear you so can you speak up please?
24. I am tired of playing computer games
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