Question

Which sentence uses a narrative technique to develop a character?

I can see the lights of the town below after the leaves have all fallen.
"Maybe," Hannah smirked, "you could just tell her I'm a trapeze artist in my spare time."
He ran across the street, taking the bag with him, and disappeared into the crowd.
I looked at the clock as it sputtered, "Cuckoo," and noticed the hands hadn't moved at all.

Answer 1

"Maybe," Hannah smirked, "you could just tell her I'm a trapeze artist in my spare time."

Explanation: the line uses dialogue plus the action tag "smirked" to reveal Hannah's personality (wry, mischievous) — an example of indirect characterization.