Read the excerpt from "Black Day, 1935."Hans looked up from his work in the hen yard and saw the dark line on the horizon. He dropped the bucket he'd been holding and bolted for the house. "Black blizzard!" he shouted as he banged open the side door.

The excerpt characterizes Hans through what he does and what he says. He drops the bucket and rushes to the house, which shows his actions; he also shouts, “Black blizzard!” which gives his words. The passage does not directly describe his thoughts or feelings.

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