. Which excerpt from The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street is an example of direct characterization? * 1 point
The screen door opens and Goodman comes out, a man in his early forties who first greets them smiling and then letting the smile fade as he sees the faces.
As the people exchange looks. They've all arrived there on an emotion and when hit with a simple question of logic they can't answer.
Taking in little knots of people who stand around talking in low voices. At the end of each conversation, they look toward Les Goodman's house.

- "about the claims : -

making a claim is just a fancy way of saying that you're stating your main point.' claims are not just opinions. a claim tells what you think is true about a topic based on your knowledge .

about the country claims : -

a counterclaim is just the opposite of a claim. counterclaims are also provable and supportable by reasons and evidence. not just, 'because i said so.' when you're planning an argument, you need to know what the counterclaim might be so that you can make sure that you disprove it with your reasons and evidence your research." - (catherineroberts)

the answer that is correct is the last option.

c. in order of atomic number