Birds perched on branches like notes on staff.

Meaning: The birds sat on the branches, looking like notes on a musical staff.

Choice of Words: Birds are animals with feathers and wings. Perched means to sit or rest on something. Branches are the parts of a tree that grow out from the trunk. Like is used to compare two things. Notes are symbols used to write music. Staff is a set of lines and spaces used to write music. This sentence compares the birds sitting on the branches to notes on a musical staff.

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