Question

introduction to individuality and conformity: \initiation\ quiz complete 1 2 3 time remaining 54:12 read the passage from initiation. millicent brushed back a strand of hair. it was stiff and sticky from the egg that they had broken on her head as she knelt blindfolded at the sorority altar a short while before. there had been a silence, a slight crunching sound, and then she had felt the cold, slimy egg - white flattening and spreading on her head and sliding down her neck. she had heard someone smothering a laugh. it was all part of the ceremony. what technique does the author use to describe millicent in this scene? indirect characterization to describe how millicent appears indirect characterization to describe what millicent is feeling physically direct characterization to describe how millicent appears direct characterization to describe how millicent is feeling emotionally

Explanation:

• Direct characterization is when the author directly tells the reader about a character's traits. Indirect characterization shows traits through actions, thoughts, speech, etc.
• Here, the author shows Millicent's physical feelings (hair being sticky from egg, feeling cold egg - white) through her experience (the initiation ceremony actions) rather than directly stating "Millicent feels X physically".

Answer:

indirect characterization to describe what Millicent is feeling physically