Meaning: The fireflies were lighting up and going out, like small lights in a field.
Choice of Words: The word "blinked" describes the way the fireflies lit up, and "lanterns" are small lights that people carry.
Alternative Expressions
Fireflies blinked like tiny lanterns in the field.
Meaning: This sentence describes how fireflies were flying around in a field, flashing their lights like tiny lanterns.
Choice of Words: **Fireflies** are small insects that light up. **Blinked** means they flashed their light on and off. **Tiny** means they were very small. **Lanterns** are objects that give off light. **Field** is an open area of land.
The fireflies twinkled like stars in the night sky.
Meaning: This sentence describes how fireflies were flying around in the night sky, flashing their lights like stars.
Choice of Words: **Fireflies** are small insects that light up. **Twinkled** means they flashed their light on and off. **Stars** are objects in the sky that give off light. **Night sky** is the sky at night.
The fireflies illuminated the field like a thousand tiny lights.
Meaning: This sentence describes how fireflies were flying around in a field, making it bright with their light.
Choice of Words: **Fireflies** are small insects that light up. **Illuminated** means they made the field bright with their light. **Thousand** means a very large number. **Tiny** means they were very small.