Question

Read the excerpt below from the novel The Wild Things by Dave Eggers and answer the question that follows. His sister Claire was fourteen, almost fifteen, and was no longer interested in Max, not on a consistent basis at least. . . . She had adopted a tone of perpetual dissatisfaction and annoyance with everything Max did, and with most things that existed in the world. Source: Eggers, Dave. The Wild Things. New York: Random House, 2009. Google Books. Web. 10 May 2011. What type of characterization is used in the excerpt to reveal Claire’s character traits? indirect direct both direct and indirect neither direct nor indirect

Answer 1

Answer: direct

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Answer 2

The answer is: direct.

Direct characterization occurs when the author discloses a character's personality features in a straightforward manner.

In the excerpt from "The Wild Things," the writer Dave Eggers details Claire's temperament in an explicit way, particularly as regards her relationship with Max. For example, she is almost fifteen and is not too impressed by him. As a matter of fact, she feels irritated by him and possesses a general tendency of dissatisfaction.