Which quotation from the passage is an example of direct characterization?
A. Malik Edgerson was one of the best students and one of the shyest kids in our whole school. (paragraph 1)
B. Sometimes, Malik would sit scribbling things in the little black notebook he always kept in his pocket. (paragraph 1)
C. It was just hard to imagine him standing up there in front of an entire auditorium full of students. (paragraph 3)
D. The eyes that he usually kept glued to the floor looked straight into the audience. (paragraph 3)