Her smile sparkled like the morning sun.

Meaning: This sentence is describing someone's smile as being very bright and cheerful.

Choice of Words: Smile means the expression on your face when you're happy. Sparkled means to shine with tiny flashes of light. Morning sun means the sun that is seen in the sky in the early part of the day. When you put them together, you can imagine how bright and beautiful her smile was.

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Her smile was as bright as the sun.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, that the girl's smile was very bright and made her face light up, just like the sun does.

Choice of Words: Smile is the expression on your face when you're happy or feeling good. Was is a verb that means to exist or to be in a certain state. As bright as means to be equally bright or shiny. The sun is the star at the center of our solar system that provides us with light and heat. When you put them together, "Her smile was as bright as the sun" means her smile was very bright and made her face light up, just like the sun does.

Her smile shone like a thousand stars.

Meaning: This means that the girl's smile was very bright and made her face light up, just like a thousand stars would.

Choice of Words: Smile is the expression on your face when you're happy or feeling good. Shone means to emit light or to be bright. Like is used to compare two things. A thousand stars is a large number of stars. When you put them together, "Her smile shone like a thousand stars" means her smile was very bright and made her face light up, just like a thousand stars would.

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