Plants grow tall, reaching for sun.

Meaning: Plants increase in height as they move towards the sun.

Choice of Words: Grow is a verb that describes the process of plants increasing in size. Tall is an adjective that describes something with a great height. Reaching is a verb that describes the movement of something trying to touch or get something.

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The flowers bloomed in a rainbow of colors.

Meaning: The flowers were very colorful, like a rainbow. They had all different colors, like red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Choice of Words: Flowers are the beautiful, often fragrant parts of plants that produce seeds. Bloomed means to open up and show their petals. Rainbow is a curved line in the sky that has all the colors of the spectrum. Colors are the different shades and hues that we see. When you put these words together, the sentence means that the flowers opened up and showed their petals in a wide variety of colors, like a rainbow.

The birds sang a sweet melody.

Meaning: The birds were singing a beautiful song. It was like a sweet tune that made people happy.

Choice of Words: Birds are warm-blooded animals that have feathers and lay eggs. Sang means to produce musical sounds with their voices. Melody is a series of musical notes that are played or sung together. Sweet means pleasing to the ear. When you put these words together, the sentence means that the birds produced a series of musical notes that were pleasing to the ear.

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