Lightning flashed like a silver sword.

Meaning: The lightning shone suddenly and brightly, like a silver sword cutting through the sky.

Choice of Words: Flashed means to shine suddenly and brightly. Sword is a long, sharp weapon. Together, "Lightning flashed like a silver sword" compares the lightning to a silver sword, showing how bright and sharp it is.

Alternative Expressions

The lightning was like a shiny silver sword.

Meaning: This means that the lightning looked like a sword made of silver, which is a shiny metal. It's like saying, The lightning looked like a shiny, bright sword in the sky.

Choice of Words: Lightning is the bright flash of light and sound that happens in the sky during a thunderstorm. Was means to exist or to be in a certain state. Like means similar to. A shiny silver sword is a long, thin blade made of silver, a shiny metal. When you put them together, "The lightning was like a shiny silver sword" means that the lightning looked like a shiny, silver sword.

Lightning, like a silver sword, flashed in the sky.

Meaning: This means that the lightning looked like a sword made of silver, which is a shiny metal. It's like saying, The lightning looked like a shiny, bright sword in the sky.

Choice of Words: Lightning is the bright flash of light and sound that happens in the sky during a thunderstorm. Like means similar to. A silver sword is a long, thin blade made of silver, a shiny metal. Flashed means to shine suddenly and brightly for a short time. In the sky means in the air above the ground. When you put them together, "Lightning, like a silver sword, flashed in the sky" means that the lightning looked like a bright, shiny sword in the sky.

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