- Which sentence is an example of direct characterization?
A. Marsha frowned as she tallied the results from the ballot box.
B. Callie was so irritated by her brother's comment that she wouldn't even look at him.
C. Jeremiah's smile stretched from ear to ear as he crossed the finish line.
D. With her head down, Sidney trudged up the steps and quietly closed her bedroom door.

Auto = self crat/cracy = rule dem = people which sentence used the underlined word correctly?

3. of all the characters highlighted in the works included in this unit, which one did you relate to or identify with the most in terms of his or her struggles and conflicts? why? what was it about this character that made him or her affect you as he or she did? be sure to point to specific examples from the work to support your response.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.