Which technique is the author using in this passage to reveal the character’s traits?Passage from The Grapes of WrathThe driver went on quickly. “I train my mind all the time. I took a course in that two years ago. Now I try to remember everything about people I meet. Kind a clothes, an’ shoes, an’ hat, ‘an how they walk, an’ maybe how tall, an’ what weight, an’ any scars. I do it pretty good. Sometimes I think I ought to take a course to be a fingerprint expert. You’d be surprised how much a guy can remember.”direct characterizationindirect characterization

Which technique is the author using in this passage to reveal character traits?Passage from The Grapes of WrathEach night they unrolled the mattresses on the floor, and each morning rolled them up again. And every day they went into the fields and picked cotton, 80 cents for 100 pounds, and every night they had meat.revealing the characters’ thoughtsshowing the characters’ actionsdescribing physical traitsconducting a conversation

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Which character trait is revealed through this passage?Passage from The Grapes of WrathHe wore an old black suit coat, stained and spotted, the sleeves torn loose from the shoulders in back, and ragged holes worn through at the elbows. His black hat was as stained as his coat and the band, torn half free, flopped up and down as he walked.The man was tired.The man could not sew.The man was poor.The man could not do laundry.

Question 13 of 17Read this excerpt from Frankenstein:[The professor] said, that "these were men to whose indefatigable zeal modern philosophers were indebted. . . . They had left us, as an easier task, to give new names, and arrange in connected classifications, the facts which they in a great degree had been the instruments of bringing to light. . . ." I listened to his statement . . . and . . . requested his advice concerning the books I ought to procure.Which topic best relates to the theme developed in this passage?A.The need to classify experiencesB.The pursuit of knowledgeC.The history of philosophyD.Story within a storySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The main, or central, idea of the passage is Individuals with eidetic memory are temporarily able to retain detailed images in their minds. How does the detail in bold develop the main idea?Do some individuals have the amazing ability to take perfectly accurate, permanent mental "snapshots," which can be stored in the brain for future retrieval? Fictional figures aside, no. But while this popular notion of "photographic memory" is unfounded, research has demonstrated the existence of a fascinating phenomenon called eidetic memory, in which memory actually does have a camera-like quality. People with eidetic memory are able to look at an object or picture and then look away or close their eyes and continue to "see" the object or picture in their minds. These images last only a few minutes at most before dissipating, and they are typically not entirely accurate. Still, the degree of detail that "eidetikers" can recall during those first few minutes is astonishing. Interestingly, the phenomenon occurs almost entirely in children, with an estimated two to ten percent of children affected; virtually all eidetikers lose their unusual ability before reaching adulthood.It shows that eidetic memory is of no value.It argues for the idea of true photographic memory.It highlights the limitations of eidetic memory.Submit