Hope flickered like a candle in the dark.

Meaning: Hope existed even in a difficult or challenging situation.

Choice of Words: Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen. Flickered means to shine unsteadily. Candle is a stick of wax with a wick that is burned to give light. Dark means the absence of light. This sentence describes hope as a small, unsteady light in a dark place.

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Hope was like a tiny spark in the vast darkness.

Meaning: This sentence also uses a metaphor to compare hope to a spark. However, this metaphor emphasizes how small and weak hope is in comparison to the darkness.

Choice of Words: The word "spark" means a small bit of fire or light, and "vast" means very large. So, "Hope was like a tiny spark in the vast darkness" means that hope was a very small and weak light in a very large and dark place.

Hope struggled to survive in the face of adversity.

Meaning: This sentence does not use a metaphor, but it still conveys the idea that hope is a fragile thing that can be easily extinguished. The sentence suggests that hope must fight to stay alive in the face of challenges.

Choice of Words: The word "struggled" means to make a great effort to do something, and "adversity" means difficulty or misfortune. So, "Hope struggled to survive in the face of adversity" means that hope had to work hard to stay alive in a difficult situation.

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