Knight swung sword, dragon roared in pain.

Meaning: The knight swung his sword, and the dragon made a loud sound because it was hurt.

Choice of Words: Swung means to move something quickly through the air in an arc. Roared means to make a loud, deep sound. Pain is a feeling of discomfort or suffering.

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The valiant knight wielded his gleaming blade, causing the fearsome dragon to emit a thunderous cry of agony.

Meaning: This sentence also describes a battle between a knight and a dragon, but it uses more descriptive language to make the scene more vivid.

Choice of Words: Valiant means brave, gleaming means shiny, blade means sword, fearsome means scary, thunderous means loud, and agony means pain. When the valiant knight used his shiny sword to hit the fearsome dragon, the dragon cried out in loud pain.

In the heat of battle, the knight's sword connected with the dragon's scales, eliciting a deafening roar from the mighty beast.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the previous two, but it focuses more on the details of the battle and the dragon's reaction to being hit.

Choice of Words: Heat of battle means the middle of a fight, connected means hit, scales are the hard plates on a dragon's body, eliciting means causing, deafening means very loud, and mighty means powerful. When the knight's sword hit the dragon's scales in the middle of the fight, the dragon let out a very loud roar because it was in pain.

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