Answer: Stanley is a positive person who tries to make the best of a bad situation, because his family has always encouraged him to find the good in things.
Explanation:
Direct characterization is when the author specifically tells the reader the traits of a character. In this excerpt, Dickens tells you that the woman is elderly, wise, experienced and knows what is "good for children". If Dickens had used indirect characterization, he would have need to shown her wisdom and experience by including specific examples. The reader would then be lead to develop his own conclusion about the whether or not the woman was wise and experienced.
Answer:
The correct answer is The kids realize that the rain is less enjoyable than the sun.
Explanation:
It seems that the kids haven't seen the Sun in a very long time, years even. They are living underground on Venus and they have been for years. So in this moment, they finally see the Sun and all run outside to play and have fun and soak in the warmth after such a long time.
However, their happiness doesn't last long as it starts pouring rain and they have to go back to the underground house, understanding they will have to wait another seven years for the Sun to appear again.
Here is the entire excerpt:
<em>A few cold drops fell on their noses and their cheeks and their mouths. The sun faded behind a stir of mist. A wind blew cool around them. They turned and started to walk back toward the underground house, their hands at their sides, their smiles vanishing away.</em>
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Answer:
Anyone who is interested in history will like James Cross Giblin’s The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone because Giblin gives a lot of information about ancient Greek and Egyptian history.
Explanation:
This is the opinion that is supported by evidence. Option B provides a statement of fact. Option C is also written as a fact, which is why the author uses the world "clearly" to convey it. Option D is similarly not written as an opinion. Option A is clearly an opinion because the author has no way of knowing whether everyone who is interested in history will like the text. However, he has evidence that provides support to his opinion.
