Meteor blazed brilliantly through air.

Meaning: The small celestial object that entered the earth's atmosphere and disintegrated burned brightly in a very bright manner from one side to the other of the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth.

Choice of Words: Meteor refers to a small celestial object that enters the earth's atmosphere and disintegrates. Blazed means to burn brightly. Brilliantly means in a very bright manner. Through means from one side to the other. Air refers to the mixture of gases that surrounds the earth.

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A meteor streaked across the sky, leaving a trail of light.

Meaning: This means that a space rock entered the Earth's atmosphere and created a bright streak of light in the sky. It's like when you see a shooting star, but much brighter and bigger.

Choice of Words: Streaked means to move quickly and in a straight line, like a shooting star. Across means from one side to the other, like when you walk across a room. Sky is the space above the Earth where we see the sun, moon, and stars. Trail means a path or mark left behind by something that has passed, like a footprint. Light is the stuff that allows us to see things. When you put it all together, the sentence means that a meteor moved quickly through the sky, leaving a bright path of light behind it.

The meteor's fiery tail lit up the night sky.

Meaning: This means that a space rock entered the Earth's atmosphere and created a bright tail of light in the sky. It's like when you see a shooting star, but much brighter and bigger.

Choice of Words: Fiery means like fire, hot and bright. Tail is the long, thin part of an animal or a comet that follows behind it. Lit up means to make something bright or to shine light on something. Night sky is the sky at night, when it's dark and you can see the stars. When you put it all together, the sentence means that the meteor had a long, bright tail that made the night sky very bright.

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