8 parter :) Which of the following refers to the explicit description of a character?

direct characterization
plagiarism
indirect characterization
audible

Which of the following words best completes the following sentence?

The music from the concert was several blocks away.

audible
louder
beautiful
irritating

Read the passage below, and answer the question that follows.

My thoughts would often rise and beat up like birds against the wind, and I persisted in using my lips and voice.

Which of the following can be inferred about Helen from this passage, and why?

Helen is frustrated; she struggles to express her thoughts like birds against the wind.
Helen is talkative; she persists in using her lips and voice even though she cannot speak.
Helen is very wise; she has thoughts that rise up on a regular basis.
Helen is creative; she captures her thoughts like birds and forces them into some sort of speech.

Which of the following is an example of direct characterization?

I used to sit in my mother's lap all day long and keep my hands on her face because it amused me to feel the motions of her lips; and I moved my lips, too, although I had forgotten what talking was.
It was as if Isaiah's prophecy had been fulfilled in me, "The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands!"
My friends say that I laughed and cried naturally, and for awhile I made many sounds and word-elements.
My soul, conscious of new strength, came out of bondage, and was reaching through those broken symbols of speech to all knowledge and all faith.

Which of the following pieces of evidence would best support the claim:

Helen became a better writer because of her experience with “The Frost King.”

It is certain that I cannot always distinguish my own thoughts from those I read, because what I read becomes the very substance and texture of my mind.
In nearly all that I write, I produce something which very much resembles the crazy patchwork I used to make when I first learned to sew.
Those early compositions were mental gymnastics. I was learning, as all young and inexperienced persons learn, by assimilation and imitation.
I have set forth all the facts as they appear to me, without a thought of defending myself or of laying blame on any one.

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