Leaves rustle softly on the trees.

Meaning: The green parts of a tree or plant are making a soft, crackling sound while attached to the branches.

Choice of Words: Leaves are the green parts of a tree or plant. Rustle means to make a soft, crackling sound. Softly means in a quiet and gentle way. On means resting or attached to the surface of something.

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The leaves whisper secrets to the wind.

Meaning: This sentence is using figurative language to describe the sound of leaves rustling in the wind. The leaves are making a soft, swishing sound as they move against each other, and the wind is carrying the sound away.

Choice of Words: Whisper means to speak very softly. Secrets are things that are not supposed to be told to everyone. To means that the leaves are speaking to the wind. Wind is the air that is moving.

The leaves dance in the breeze.

Meaning: This sentence is using figurative language to describe the way leaves move in the wind. The leaves are moving in a graceful way, as if they are dancing.

Choice of Words: Dance means to move in a graceful way. In means that the leaves are moving within the breeze. Breeze is a gentle wind.

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