Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi." This excerpt is an example of which kind of characterization? Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts. O indirect characterization, because it is showing Della's pride in her long hair O direct characterization, because it is describing Della's skill for decorating O indirect characterization, because it is revealing Della's cultural heritage O direct characterization, because it is describing Della's prized possessions

O Indirect characterization, because it is showing Della's pride in her long hair.

Explanation:

O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi," tells the story of a young impoverished couple who sacrificed their most prized possessions and needs to make the other's Christmas special. And in the process of making the other happy, their acts of kindness and humility for each other is what made them similar to the Magi who visited Jesus Christ when he was born.

The given excerpt from the story is an example of indirect characterization. Indirect characterization is when the personality and other features of the characters are revealed through the description of their appearance, speech, and actions. In the given excerpt, the indirect characterization shows Della's pride in her long hair. Through the mentioning of how Della "would have let her hair hang out the window" in a move to depreciate the "Queen of Sheba[ and her] jewels and gifts".

Thus, the correct answer is the first option.  

the narrator closes the lantern tightly so the old man is

not awakened by the bright light

explanation:

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.