Which of the following sentences is an example of direct characterization? A. She stopped and clapped her little hands together gaily as she remembered a big basket of keys on the shelf in the linen closet.

B. Then, as you may suspect, the little girl longed to open Uncle Walter's big box and see what was in it. For we are all curious, and little girls are just as curious as the rest of us.

C. She drew it out and noticed that behind it was a black wooden chest which Uncle Walter had sent over from Italy years and years ago-before Martha was born, in fact.

D. She stooped to examine the lock, and saw that it would take a rather big key to open it.​

Which passage is an example of rising action in edgar allan poe`s "the black cat

Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?

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