Gentle breeze blew through the trees.

Meaning: A light wind was blowing through the trees.

Choice of Words: Gentle means kind and not harsh or violent. Breeze is a light wind. Blew means to move or cause to move by a current of air. Through means from one side of something to the other. Trees are large plants with a trunk, branches, and leaves.

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The wind rustled the leaves of the trees.

Meaning: This means that the wind was blowing through the leaves of the trees, making a soft, crackling sound.

Choice of Words: Wind is the movement of air, like a breeze. Rustled means to make a soft, crackling sound, like leaves moving in the wind. Leaves are the green parts of a tree that grow on the branches. Trees are tall plants with branches and leaves. When you put them together, the sentence means that the movement of the air made a soft sound as it moved through the leaves of the trees.

A soft breeze whispered through the branches.

Meaning: This means that a light wind was blowing through the branches of the tree, making a soft, whispering sound.

Choice of Words: Soft means not harsh or strong, like a gentle breeze. Whispered means to speak very quietly, like a breeze moving through leaves. Branches are the parts of a tree that grow out from the trunk and hold the leaves. When you put them together, the sentence means that a gentle breeze moved through the branches of a tree, making a soft, quiet sound.

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