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

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✔ direct characterization; “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

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

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

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