Question

Which of the following is NOT a piece of direct characterization? Group of answer choices

A)“These cakes of yours are delightful, Jorge!” exclaimed Theodore happily, “Why, they aren’t too sweet the way lots of sugary things are. I’ll be coming here from now on when one of the kids has a birthday.”

B) Jorge was a German citizen as a child, but he moved to America as an adult to pursue a career as a baker.

C)Jorge ran a very successful German bakery in Town Square in his new home in Georgia.

D) Jorge had golden blonde hair and bright blue eyes.

Answer 1

A, because it is not direct characterization.

Answer 2

A. Everything else directly tells us something about a person, except A. A, we infer that Jorge has yummy cakes because of Theodores dialogue. It doesn’t directly say “Jorge has good cakes”.