Read the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane

Austen.

Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all

the principal people in the room; he was lively and

unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the

ball closed so early, and talked of giving one himself at

Netherfield.

Which literary element is the focus of this excèrpt?

O characterization

O plot

O point of view

O setting