Read the passage from The Grapes of Wrath . His fingers found a twig, and used it to draw his thoughts on the ground. He swept the leaves from a square and smoothed the dust. And he drew angles and made little circles.

Which type of characterization is the author using?

indirect characterization

personal characterization

abstract characterization

direct characterization

What is one thing that happened to benno harte when he and his family left france to escape the nazis?

13 points : ) which two aspects of scrooge's character does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens reveal? "i wish to be left alone," said scrooge. "since you ask me what i wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. i don’t make merry myself at christmas and i can't afford to make idle people merry. i to support the establishments i have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there." "many can’t go there; and many would rather die." "if they would rather die," said scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. besides—excuse me—i don't know that." "but you might know it," observed the gentleman. his stingy attitude and conduct his distrust of government institutions his indifference to others' suffering his support for the community

What about the sentence structure in this passage build suspense