Question

Excerpt from The Song of the Cardinal I

Gene Stratton-Porter

4 Flashing through the tree-tops of the Limberlost there are birds whose colour is more brilliant than that of the gaudiest flower lifting its face to light and air. The lilies of the mire are not so white as the white herons that fish among them. The ripest spray of goldenrod is not so highly coloured as the burnished gold on the breast of the oriole that rocks on it. The jays are bluer than the calamus bed they wrangle above with throaty chatter. The finches are a finer purple than the ironwort. For every clump of foxfire flaming in the Limberlost, there is a cardinal glowing redder on a bush above it. These may not be more numerous than other birds, but their brilliant colouring and the fearless disposition make them seem so.

The subject of the last paragraph is
A) the colors of the flowers.
B) the intense colors of the birds.
C) the quality of light in the swamp.
D) the variety of trees in the Limberlost.

Answer 1

B) the intense colors of the birds.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

B) the intense colors of the birds.

Step-by-step explanation:

In this passage, the author describes the intense colours of the birds that he encounters. However, in order to convey this message, he compares them to plants and flowers of intense colours. He talks about birds that are brighter than flowers, whiter than lilies, shinier than goldenrod, bluer than calamus, more purple than ironwort, and redder than foxfire.