Question

Read the passage from Initiation. Millicent brushed back a strand of hair. It was stiff and sticky from the egg that they had broken on her head as she knelt blindfolded at the sorority altar a short while before. There had been a silence, a slight crunching sound, and then she had felt the cold, slimy egg-white flattening and spreading on her head and sliding down her neck. She had heard someone smothering a laugh. It was all part of the ceremony. What technique does the author use most to describe Millicent? The author uses indirect characterization to describe how Millicent looks. The author uses indirect characterization to describe how Millicent feels. The author uses direct characterization to describe how Millicent looks. The author uses direct characterization to describe how Millicent feels.

Answer 1

The author uses indirect characterization to describe how Millicent looks, because the character recalls the egg cracked on her head and that the reader can imagine that Millicent’s hair looks and feels stiff and sticky.

Answer 2

The author uses direct characterization to describe how Millicent looks.

Step-by-step explanation:

Direct characterization occurs when the author specifically reveals details about a character in a straightforward manner through the use of descriptive language, like adjectives and phrases.

In the excerpt from "Initiation," the author makes use of direct characterization to illustrate Millicent's looks, such as her stiff and sticky hair.