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

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explanation:

biological/genetic factors means they were born or predisposed to have something. nothing can really change it, and you can't really do much to "fix" it. it isn't something learned

these are the biological factors:

adrian is relatively tall and he is on the basketball team

(adrian can't ever stop being tall or force himself to be tall. likely one or both of his parents are tall as well and they passed on the tall gene. he probably does basketball because he is tall)

the rest are environmental/cultural factors. these are things that are taught to us. for example, cynthia wasn't born saving pocket money, her family most likely taught her this (environmental factor)

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