Green frogs peep like crickets.

Meaning: Green frogs make a short, high-pitched sound that is similar to the sound of crickets.

Choice of Words: Green frogs are small, green frogs with a high-pitched call. Peep means to make a short, high-pitched sound. Like means similar to. Crickets are small, jumping insects that make a chirping sound.

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Emerald amphibians croak like miniature fiddlers.

Meaning: This means that the sound made by green frogs is similar to the sound made by violins played by very small musicians.

Choice of Words: Emerald is a shade of green, amphibians are animals that can live both in water and on land, croak is the sound that frogs make, miniature means very small, and fiddlers are musicians who play the violin. This sentence uses more sophisticated vocabulary to describe the same idea as the first sentence, comparing the sound of frogs to the sound of violins.

Verdant hoppers trill like minuscule minstrels.

Meaning: This means that the sound made by green frogs is similar to the sound of very small musicians singing.

Choice of Words: Verdant means green and lush, hoppers are animals that jump, trill is a type of vocal sound, minuscule means very small, and minstrels are medieval musicians. This sentence uses even more figurative language to describe the sound of frogs, comparing it to the sound of tiny musicians singing.

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