Her imagination soared as she turned the pages.

Meaning: Her imagination became very active and creative as she read.

Choice of Words: Soared means to fly or rise high in the air. Turned means to move something in a circular direction.

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Her imagination took flight as she read the book.

Meaning: This sentence is also describing how someone's imagination is working while they are reading a book. It's like saying, As she read the book, her mind was filled with lots of new and exciting ideas.

Choice of Words: Imagination is the ability to create and think of new ideas and things in your mind. Took flight means to start to fly or move quickly into the air. Read means to look at and understand written words. Book is a set of pages that are bound together and contain writing or pictures. When you put them together, "Her imagination took flight as she read the book" means that her mind was creating new and exciting ideas as she read the book.

Her mind raced as she flipped through the pages.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how someone's mind is working while they are reading a book. It's like saying, As she read the book, her mind was working very quickly to understand what she was reading.

Choice of Words: Mind is the part of you that thinks and feels. Raced means to move or travel very quickly. Flipped means to turn something over or change its position quickly. Pages are the sheets of paper in a book. When you put them together, "Her mind raced as she flipped through the pages" means that her mind was working very quickly as she read the book.

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