Decide whether each statement is an example of direct characterization, an example of indirect characterization, or not characterization at all. toby’s next move in the game was clever and quick, just like his reputation. because the thunder and lightning came so close together, julia knew that the storm was close by. every few minutes angela glanced at the clock. her eyes twinkled, and she couldn’t but smile as she put the finishing touches on the decorations for the surprise party.

Toby’s next move in the game was clever and quick, just like his reputation. - Direct characterization

Because the thunder and lightning came so close together, Julia knew that the storm was close by. - No characterization

Every few minutes Angela glanced at the clock. Her eyes twinkled, and she couldn’t help but smile as she put the finishing touches on the decorations for the surprise party.  - Indirect characterization

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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answer; (b); the abolitionist movement;