Read the excerpt from "the gift of the magi." had the queen of sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate her majesty’s jewels and gifts. this excerpt is an example of which kind of characterization? indirect characterization, because it is showing della’s pride in her long hair direct characterization, because it is describing della’s skill for decorating indirect characterization, because it is revealing della’s cultural heritage direct characterization, because it is describing della’s prized possessions

indirect characterization, because it is showing Della’s pride in her long hair.

Indirect characterization refers to cases where an author describes a character's personality and motivations by telling us about the character's actions. This is in contrast to simply listing the qualities of the character. In this excerpt, the author is indirectly telling us how proud Della is of her hair by claiming that she believed it to be better than all the jewels and gifts of the Queen of Sheba.

The answer is A. Idirect characterization, because it is showing Della’s pride in her long hair

after the civil war, and with the termination of slavery, the south was faced with a big problem; what was supposed to happen and how they were supposed to deal with the freedom and the rights that black people and freed slaves had gained as a result of the north defeating the south and forcing the end of slavery. first, most, if not all, of the workforce of the south came from slaves and they did not have an option to replace the loss of said workforce. second, particularly in the south, people were convinced that black people were lesser, less intelligent, less capable and less smart than whites. this posed a huge problem for them. also, southerners were faced with another issue; freed slaves now had a say in how their lives would be lived and the right to politically choose the way they would be governed. people in the south did not want to accept this, none of this and this opposition and the conflicts that arose from it, not to mention the afereffects of the war, forced the congress of the time to enact and enforce the reconstruction plans that had been proposed by president andrew johnson.