Chaucer uses several different techniques to create lively characters, but the best option from the list would be
"indirect characterization" if you have to choose one.
Step-by-step explanation:
In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer originally uses indirect techniques of characterization in identifying the various pilgrims in the General Prologue and completely the whole poem. Unlike primary characterization in which the narrator simply tells the reader what sort of personality a role has, secondary characterization allows the reader to form his or her own conception of the character in question