Read the passage from Initiation. "Remember the part about talking back and smiling," Louise Fullerton had put in, laughing. She was another celebrity in high school, pretty and dark and Vice-President of the student council. "You can't say anything unless your big sister asks you something or tells you to talk to someone. And you can't smile, no matter how you're dying to." The girls had laughed a little nervously, and then the bell had rung for the beginning of afternoon classes.

Which phrase from the passage is the best example of indirect characterization?

another celebrity in high school
pretty and dark
you can’t smile
girls had laughed a little nervously

Girl had laughed a little nervously

Explanation:

Characterization is a literary device that consists in the description of a character, it can be a physical description or of the character's personality or emotions. Characterization can be direct, when the author uses adjectives and phrases to make the description, or indirect, when the reader found out about the personality of a character by his /her actions or interactions. From the given options, the one that is an example of indirect characterization is "girls had laughed a little nervously.

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