Question

4 the song of the cardinal i gene stratton - porter 1 the swamp resembles a big dining - table for the birds. wild grape - vines clamber to the tops of the highest trees, spreading umbrella - wise over the branches, and their festooned floating trailers wave as silk fringe in the play of the wind. the birds loll in the shade, peel bark, gather dried curies for nest material, and feast on the pungent fruit. they chatter in swarms over the wild - cherry trees, and overload their crops with red haws, wild plums, papaws, blackberries and mandrake. the alders around the edge draw flocks in search of berries, and the marsh grasses and weeds are weighted with seed hunters. the muck is alive with worms, and the whole swamp ablaze with flowers, whose colours and perfumes attract myriads of insects and butterflies. 2 wild creepers flaunt their red and gold from the treetops, and the bumblebees and humming - birds make common cause in rifling the honey - laden trumpets. the air around the wild - plum and redhaw trees is vibrant with the beating wings of millions of wild bees, and the bee - birds feast to gluttony. the field odours of the swamp draw insects in swarms, and fly - catchers tumble and twist in air in pursuit of them. 3 every hollow tree homes its colony of bats. snakes sun on the bushes. the water folk leave trails of shining ripples in their wake as they cross the lagoons. turtles waddle clumsily from the logs. frogs take graceful leaps from pool to pool. everything native to that section of the country - underground, creeping, or a - wing - can be found in the limberlost, but above all the birds. dainty green warblers nest in its treetops, and red - eyed vireos choose a location below. it is the home of bell - birds, finches, and thrushes. there are flocks of blackbirds, grackles, and crows. jays and catbirds quarrel constantly, and marsh - wrens keep up a never - ending chatter. owls swing their pendent purses from the branches, and with the tanagers picnic on mulberries and insects. in the evenings, night - hawks echo the calls of each new day with the admonition, \cheer up! cheer up!\ and a little later big black vultures go wheeling through cloudland or hang there, like frozen splashes, searching the limberlost and the surrounding country for food. the boom of the bittern resounds all day, and above it the rasping scream of the blue heron, as he sails labor to the hearts of frogdom, while the occasional cries of a lost loon, strayed from its flock in northern migration, fill the swamp with sounds of wailing. 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 jays are bluer than the blue of 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. 4 which of these describes a literary technique employed by the author? a he uses onomatopoeia to describe the fervent nature of the bees as they b he uses extended metaphor to compare the limberlost to other north am c he uses subtle personification to capture the experience of the frogs in the d he uses alliteration to highlight the sounds of the trees along the edge of the

Explanation:

Upon examining the text, there is no evidence of onomatopoeia (words that imitate sounds), alliteration (repetition of initial sounds), or extended metaphor (a long - drawn - out comparison). However, the author gives human - like qualities to the frogs when describing their "graceful leaps" and other actions, which is personification.

Answer:

C. He uses subtle personification to capture the experience of the frogs in the swamp.