Decide whether each quotation is an example of direct or indirect characterization. “how horrible it would be . . if she were condemned to be the plain, shy millicent of a few years back.” “betsy johnson, the vivacious blonde secretary of the sorority” “walking beside louise on the way to the drugstore, millicent felt a surge of pride.” “bev was suddenly there in the doorway. ‘wipe that smile off your face,’ she commanded.”

“How horrible it would be . . . if she were condemned to be the plain, shy Millicent of a few years back.”

it is an example of direct characterization. The character is described as plain and shy in a very straight-forward manner. The author TELLS us that.

“Betsy Johnson, the vivacious blonde secretary of the sorority”

it is an example of direct characterization. The character is described as being vivacious and blonde, straight to the point. Again, the author TELLS us that.

“Walking beside Louise on the way to the drugstore, Millicent felt a surge of pride.”

it is an example of indirect characterization. The character's feelings show us that he is proud of something. The author SHOWS US that.

“Bev was suddenly there in the doorway. ‘Wipe that smile off your face,’ she commanded.”

it is an example of indirect characterization. The character's speech shows us that she doesn't like it when people display joy around her. Again, the author SHOWS us that.

The difference between direct and indirect characterization is that the first TELLS us about the character, and the latter SHOWS us the character's traits by means of his/her speech, thoughts, feelings, effect on other characters, actions and appearance.

Answer:1. direct 2. drect 3. indirect 4. indirect

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the hunger games, written by  suzanne collins, is fiction in the young adult genre, which is not my age group, but i found myself unable to put it down. its combination of nerve-racking tension, thrilling action, and engaging love story kept me up until the wee hours. i was surprised at how completely engrossing the plot was. like  brave new world, this story is set in a future where the government oppresses its people, but the book also borrows ideas from the greek myth of theseus and the minotaur.

divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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