Read the excerpt, and answer the questions that follow.

Wells begins The Time Machine by introducing the Time Traveller:

The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite (adj. difficult to grasp or understand) matter to us. His pale grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses. Our chairs, being his patents (n. Inventions), embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision. And he put it to us in this way—marking the points with a lean forefinger—as we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity (adj. ability to produce many ideas).

Which element of characterization does Wells use in the highlighted portion of this excerpt?

1. His pale grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
Actions
Thinks
Says
Affects
Looks


2. What does the reader learn about the Time Traveller through this description?
why he is interested in educating others on difficult topics
How his appearance changes when he is excited
Where the man comes from and why he is talking with guests
That he is likely an intelligent and interesting man