it was market - day, and from all the country round goderville the peasants and their wives were coming toward the town. the men walked slowly, throwing the whole body forward at every step of their long, crooked legs. they were deformed from pushing the plough which makes the left - shoulder higher, and bends their figures side - ways; from reaping the grain, when they have to spread their legs so as to keep on their feet. their starched blue blouses, glossy as though varnished, ornamented at collar and cuffs with a little embroidered design and blown out around their bony bodies, looked very much like balloons about to soar, whence issued two arms and two feet.
some of these fellows dragged a cow or a calf at the end of a rope. and just behind the animal followed their wives beating it over the back with a leaf - covered branch to hasten its pace, and carrying large baskets out of which protruded the heads of chickens or ducks. these women walked more quickly and energetically than the men, with their erect, dried - up figures, adorned with scanty little shawls pinned over their flat bosoms, and their heads wrapped round with a white cloth, enclosing the hair and surmounted by a cap.
which method of characterization is used in the following passage? heir starched blue blouses, glossy as though varnished, ornamented at collar and cuffs with a little embroidered design and blown out around their bony bodies, looked very much like balloons about to soar, whence issued arms and two feet.\
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it was market - day, and from all the country round goderville the peasants and their wives were coming toward the town. the men walked slowly, throwing the whole body forward at every step of their long, crooked legs. they were deformed from pushing the plough which makes the left - shoulder higher, and bends their figures side - ways; from reaping the grain, when they have to spread their legs so as to keep on their feet. their starched blue blouses, glossy as though varnished, ornamented at collar and cuffs with a little embroidered design and blown out around their bony bodies, looked very much like balloons about to soar, whence issued two arms and two feet.
some of these fellows dragged a cow or a calf at the end of a rope. and just behind the animal followed their wives beating it over the back with a leaf - covered branch to hasten its pace, and carrying large baskets out of which protruded the heads of chickens or ducks. these women walked more quickly and energetically than the men, with their erect, dried - up figures, adorned with scanty little shawls pinned over their flat bosoms, and their heads wrapped round with a white cloth, enclosing the hair and surmounted by a cap.
which method of characterization is used in the following passage? 	heir starched blue blouses, glossy as though varnished, ornamented at collar and cuffs with a little embroidered design and blown out around their bony bodies, looked very much like balloons about to soar, whence issued arms and two feet.\
physical descriptions
speech
actions

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# Answer:
physical descriptions

# Brief Explanations:
The passage describes the characters' clothing (starched blue blouses, embroidered designs) and body - related aspects (bony bodies, arms, and feet) which are physical characteristics. Speech would involve characters' dialogue, and actions would involve what characters do (like walking, pushing a plough, etc.). Since the focus is on how the characters look (physical features of their clothing and body parts), the method is physical descriptions.

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