Which line is an example of direct characterization?
Bilbo was very rich and very peculiar, and had been the wonder of the Shire for sixty years ...
And if that was not enough for fame, there was also his prolonged vigour to marvel at.
At ninety-nine they began to call him well-preserved; but unchanged would have been nearer the mark.
And it was popularly believed, whatever the old folk might say, that the Hill at Bag End was full of tunnels stuffed with
treasure.

To avoid plagiarizing someone else’s work, you should do all of the following, except: a. carefully note all of your sources b. include your citation of your sources in your speech c. paraphrase the quotation (say it in your own words) without citing the source d. make it clear that the information did not come from your own brain

Read the excerpt from twelfth night, by william shakespeare. if music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts? the noise is jarring. the noise is soothing. the sounds are fading. the sounds are too loud. mark this and return

Wha is the topic discussed in “lifeboat ethics” ?