The place in which a story takes place Which answer is not an example of indirect characterization? a : " shut up ! you are the most annoying creature I have ever met ", he exclaimed at his teary eyed brother .

b : she was wild and free. no man could tame her fierce spirit and brave mind .

c : he skipped and whistles as he walked down the street . before reaching her house , he stopped to smell the roses , grinning ear to ear .

d : her nails polished and shiny and her clothes where always crisply ironed

the principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation, generally involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to test the hypothesis, and development of a conclusion that confirms, rejects, or modifies the hypothesis.

some inherited genetic mutations can be good for the offspring, so the answer is different genetic mutations cause many forms of cancer.

i think its both a and b