Which sentence in the excerpt from o. henry’s “the trimmed lamp” contains direct characterization? of course there are two sides to the question. let us look at the other. we often hear "shop-girls" spoken of. no such persons exist. there are girls who work in shops. they make their living that way. but why turn their occupation into an adjective? let us be fair. we do not refer to the girls who live on fifth avenue as "marriage-girls." lou and nancy were chums. they came to the big city to find work because there was not enough to eat at their homes to go around. nancy was nineteen; lou was twenty. both were pretty, active, country girls who had no ambition to go on the stage. the little cherub that sits up aloft guided them to a cheap and respectable boarding-house. both found positions and became wage-earners. they remained chums. it is at the end of six months that i would beg you to step forward and be introduced to them.

Read this excerpt from holes. at the time, elya thought nothing of the curse. he was just a fifteen-year-old kid, and “eternity” didn’t seem much longer than a week from tuesday. besides, he liked madame zeroni and would be glad to carry her up the mountain. he would have done it right then and there, but he wasn’t yet strong enough. how does this section of the flashback relate to stanley? a.elya was much older during his difficult time than stanley was during his. b.elya’s physical weakness parallels stanley’s physical weakness. c.elya, like stanley, lives in the moment and does not consider the future. d.elya, like stanley, likes the character who is giving him a hard time.

Me determine which are quote or paraphrase.

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.