b. Don't race the motor when you're starting the car.
c. Tom will race with four other boys.
d. If you race across town, you'll be on time.
"No," I said. "No, I won't be here, not here on my daddy's land. One day I'll have land of my own. I've got to have something all my own."
Afterward the Missourian congratulated my daddy and paid him the wager. Other people came around and said Starburst was a mighty fine horse and that I was a fine rider too.
“But I still have to say no. I don't want this boy or the horse getting hurt. Like I said, my boy rides only horses he knows. I thank you, sir, though, for the offer."
The excerpt from "The Land" demonstrates the direct characterization of Paul would be as follows:
C). Afterward the Missourian congratulated my daddy and paid him the wager. Other people came around and said Starburst was a mighty fine horse and that I was a fine rider too.
Direct characterization is described as the way in which the author directly describes the personality or behavioral aspects of a character.
The third quotation most likely demonstrates direct characterization as it directly states the feature of a character through the other characters praising Starbust("a mighty fine horse...fine rider too").
Therefore, it informs the readers about the personality of that character clearly.
Thus, option C is the correct answer.
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Answer:
Afterward the Missourian congratulated my daddy and paid him the wager. Other people came around and said Starburst was a mighty fine horse and that I was a fine rider too.
Explanation:
option 3
obnoxious = ob nox ious is the way you break it into syllables
nonrestrictive = non re stic tive
receivable = re ceiv a ble
reception = re cep tion
2 Do you live in a big city?
3 Do you often ride a bicycle?
4 Does it rain a lot where you live?
5 Do you play the piano?
direct object
subject
predicative nominative
object of a preposition
What I saw in the closet left me speechless.
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When I was six, I learned how to swim.
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I was caught between what my conscience was telling me and what I wanted to do.
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The scary movie I watched is what kept me awake that night.
1. What I saw in the closet left me speechless.= subject
Here, the noun clause is What I saw in the closet. This clause is used as the subject of the sentence. So, you can replace the entire clause with one simple word - he. For example: He left me speechless. This way you can easily determine that the first word (or rather the entire clause in the example above) is the subject.
2. When I was six, I learned how to swim.= direct object
The noun clause here is How to swim. Even though this may look like an adverbial clause, it is not because it has the function of a direct object (which only noun clauses can). You can easily determine that this is a direct object by asking the question - what? For example: What did I learn when I was six? And the answer is: How to swim. This way you know it is an object.
3. I was caught between what my conscience was telling me and what I wanted to do.= object of a preposition
Here, the noun clauses are What my conscience was telling me and what I wanted to do. They are objects, but not regular objects (like in sentence 2 above). Given that they are located after the preposition between, they are called object of a preposition.
4. The scary movie I watched is what kept me awake that night.= predicative nominative
Predicative nominative is a word, phrase, or an entire clause following a linking verb (such as to be, to seem, etc.). In the example above, the linking verb is IS, and the clause following it What kept me awake that night is the predicative nominative.