Read each quotation from the story, and then decide whether the author is using direct or indirect characterization. “Della, being slender, had mastered the art.”

“Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the ‘Sofronie.’”

“‘Twenty dollars,’ said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.”

“Grand as the watch was, he sometimes looked at it on the sly on account of the old leather strap that he used in place of a chain.”