If the author of "The Gift of the Magi" had made the reader aware of the gift that Jim had purchased in the beginning of the story, this would be an example of

direct characterization.
situational irony.
indirect characterization.
dramatic irony.

Answer fast. read the excerpt below and answer the question. i will tell you the tale of my wanderings and of the “herculean” labors, as i may call them, which i endured only to find at last the oracle irrefutable. socrates’ use of the word “herculean” in this excerpt from the apology is an example of what literary device? allusion metaphor onomatopoeia simile