Please help me! The excerpt below is what type of paragraph?

As a building material, adobe has several advantages. The
raw materials — mud, straw, and water — are
available just about anywhere. The dried, finished bricks
are easily stacked to make walls, doorways, and window
openings. In addition, the bricks have a high R-value,
making them great insulators.

A) Process
B) Topical
C) Comparison
D) Transitional

He now spent his days in his house, from room to room.which verb best completes the sentence?

Which is easier to identify direct or indirect characterization? why

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.