3. Which of these sentences is an example of direct characterization? Bobbie often listened to her friends talk for hours without saying a word. Bobbie slipped quietly from the hall into her homeroom. Bobbie once walked all the way home from school by herself. Bobbie was a shy girl who didn't talk much.

Bobbie was a shy girl who didn't talk much.

Explanation:

The sentence that is an example of direct characterization is "Bobbie was a shy girl who didn't talk much."

Direct characterization is known to be a method of describing one's character explicitly and straightforward. The characterization is seen in their physical description, passions, actions, line of work, etc. Direct characterization is known to be a very useful literary device.

We can see that Bobbie was directly described. The speaker said she was a shy girl - a straightforward description.

the correct answer is "tan believes that nonstandard english can make family communication difficult". raising children across cultures can sometimes be challenging, especially when the values and expectations are from different cultures. this can make it difficult to feel a sense of belonging to any community.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)