Characterization, Theme, and Irony in "The Gift of the Magi" Answers

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Read each quotation from the story, and then decide whether the author is using direct or indirect characterization.

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“Della, being slender, had mastered the art.”:direct characterization
“Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the ‘Sofronie.’”:direct characterization
“‘Twenty dollars,’ said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.”:indirect characterization
“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.”:indirect characterization
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direct✔ indirect

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direct
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✔ indirect
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✔ indirect characterizationdirect characterization

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✔ indirect characterization
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direct characterization

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