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This excerpt is an example of which kind of characterization? indirect characterization, because it is showing della’s pride in her long hair direct characterization, because it is describing della’s skill for decorating indirect characterization, because it is revealing della’s cultural heritage direct characterization, because it is describing della’s prized possessions

Why does the author introduce druse as lying in a “clump of laurel”? consider any symbolic or cultural meanings associated with this plant, and what significance it lends to this particular story. story "a horseman in the sky"

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)