They were renowned for their potraits
Yep, that's basically the whole task. To change the passage to become more 'upbeat', yet still share similar words to the previous words, the following could be changed to...
trudged= plodded
shuffled= staggered
scrutinised= questioned
sparse=meagre
closed in= confined
anxious= eager (Although eager and anxious generally do not share a similar definition, in this context they do as 'anxious' is used to describe being excited to do something, and share the same meaning of 'Very eager or concerned to do something or for something to happen'
pried= wrenched
confronted= suddenly exposed
puzzling=baffling
something=remarkable
used=castoff
questioned=pondered
anxious=uneasy
It's pretty awesome..... i don't think you should change a thing
The sentence which contains a properly punctuate and capitalized direct quotation is C. "Watch how that hummingbird flits from flower to flower," said Diane. Quotation marks always go around the dialogue when writing a direct quote. Capitalization rules still apply much in the same way as they do in regular sentence writing, in that you must capitalize the first letter of the first word at the beginning of a sentence. Punctuation that separates the quote from the speaker must be included with the quotation marks to show that there is a separation.