Which sentence would be inappropriate in a piece of research writing with a formal tone?

a: baseball is often called the national pastime of the united states.

b: baseball is popular at all levels of age and skill and in many different areas of the world.

c: american obsession with baseball is pretty ridiculous.

d: it's a sport that combines many different physical and mental talents.

On her zoo blog, bindi describes the experience of walking the red carpet with her mum that evening, and the unmatched joy of what happened soon after. “all the categories came up, but then mine did! they said all these top actresses' names then my name! the guy said 'and the winner is . . ’ . . my heart stopped . . ‘bindi irwin! ’ i could not believe it, i won! i was amazed, in tears, i could hardly talk! i’ll never forget that great trip! ” what does the hyperbole in the excerpt the reader understand about bindi? she had a medical problem. she was extremely frightened. she became very excited. she won an important award.

Which is easier to identify direct or indirect characterization? why

How does the author foreshadow trouble in the prison? support your answer with explicit textual evidence.