Colorful plumage attracts curious eyes.

Meaning: The many different colors of a bird's feathers are causing people to come and look at it because they want to know more about it.

Choice of Words: Colorful means having many different colors, while plumage is the feathers of a bird. Attracts means to cause someone to come or move towards something, and curious means eager to know or learn something.

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The bird's feathers are so pretty that they make people want to look at them.

Meaning: This means that the feathers of the bird are so attractive that they make people want to look at them.

Choice of Words: Bird's is the possessive form of bird, which means it belongs to the bird. Feathers are the covering of a bird's body that helps it fly. Pretty means pleasing to the eye or attractive. Make is a verb that means to cause something to happen or exist. People are human beings. Look means to direct one's gaze at something.

The bright colors of the bird's feathers catch people's attention.

Meaning: This means that the bright colors of the bird's feathers make people notice it.

Choice of Words: Bright means very light or shining. Colors are the different hues that we see. Catch means to seize or capture something. People's is the possessive form of people, which means it belongs to the people. Attention is the act of noticing or paying attention to something.

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