Read the excerpt from steve harmon's journal. it is about being alone when you are not really alone and about being scared all the time. which statement correctly describes the characterization in this excerpt? a.) indirect characterization is used to show that steve is confused and lonely. b.) indirect characterization is used to show that steve is isolated and worried. c.) direct characterization is used to show that steve is confused and lonely. d.) direct characterization is used to show that steve is isolated and worried.

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The answer is:

B.) Indirect characterization is used to show that Steve is isolated and worried.

Indirect characterization occurs when the character's personality is exhibited through his or her actions, speech and appearance.

According to the excerpt from "Monster," the author Walter Dean Myers portrays Steve as lonely, frightened, anxious and troubled. Facing a trial in which he could end up in twenty-five years in prison, Steve wonders whether he is a villain and reflects on who he really is.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

one context clue that me find the meaning of luxuriance was that the base word of luxuriance is luxury, so i think that luxuriance means something that is luxury, or something luxurious.