In this excerpt of "Two Kinds", by Amy Tan, the characterization technique that the author uses is <em>Direct Characterization</em>. In Direct Characterization, the author tells us what he or she wants us to know about the character. He writes about the character's physical appearance, actions, attitudes, inner thoughts, and what others think about the character.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Remember, the English word foreshadowing refers to a brief detail or scene that shows something that will occur again in the future. Indeed, this was the case in "House Taken Over" by Julio Cortazar.
For example, in the story a foreshadow of a shift in the tone of the story begins when we read about Elvio;
“I went down the corridor as far as the oak door, which was ajar, then turned into the hall toward the kitchen, when <em>I heard something in the library or the dining room. The sound came through muted and indistinct, a chair being knocked over onto the carpet or the muffled buzzing of a conversation...</em>I heard it. ....toward the door. I hurled myself against the door before it was too late and shut it...I ran the great bolt into place, just to be safe.”
Interestingly, from that point on the house became taken over by strange noises. In the end, the siblings been fully frightened left their ancestral home, that is when the true meaning title of the story becomes clearer. Indeed, it became a "House Taken Over".
Answer:
Heart of stone
Explanation:
The saying "Heart of stone" is a figure of speech, you can't actually have a heart made of stone.
