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Which sentence from Washington Irving's short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" is an example of indirect characterization?

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"Tom's wife was a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue, and strong of arm." Because this sentence is comparing his wife to a "termagant".
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