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2.23 Exit Slip

I can identify and analyze character development in a challenging
text. (A.5.c)
Read the following passage from Anne of Green Gables. Answer the
questions that follow.
Well,theydidntpickyouforyourlooks,thatsforsureandcertain,wasMrs.Rachel
Lyndesemphaticcomment.Mrs.Rachelwasoneofthosedelightfulandpopularpeople
whopridethemselvesonspeakingtheirmindwithoutfearorfavor...Comehere,child,
andletmehavealookatyou.Lawfulheart,didanyoneeverseesuchfreckles?Andhair
asredascarrots!Comehere,child,Isay.
Annecamethere,butnotexactlyasMrs.Rachelexpected.Annewasdefiant.With
oneboundshecrossedthekitchenfloorandstoodbeforeMrs.Rachel,herfacescarlet...
Ihateyou,shecriedinachokedvoice,stampingherfootonthefloor.IhateyouI
hateyouIhateyoualouderstampwitheachassertionofhatred.Howdareyou
callmeskinnyandugly?...Howwouldyouliketobetoldthatyouarefatandclumsyand
probablyhadntasparkofimaginationinyou?

1. Which of the following is an example of how the author uses

direct characterization in this passage?
a. Come here, child, and let me have a look at your.
b. Anne came there
c. Mrs. Rachel was one of those delightful and popular people
who pride themselves on speaking their mind without fear
or favor
d. Her face scarlet
2. Which of the following is an example of how the author uses
indirect characterization in this passage?
a. Mrs. Lyndes emphatic comment
b. Anne was defiant
c. How dare you call me skinny and ugly?
d. Each assertion of hatred