Rain poured, thunder roared, lightning flashed.

Meaning: This sentence creates a dramatic image of rain falling heavily, thunder rumbling, and lightning illuminating the sky.

Choice of Words: Poured means to flow heavily and steadily. Roared means to make a loud, deep, rumbling sound. Flashed means to appear or disappear suddenly.

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Rain came down hard, thunder boomed, lightning crackled.

Meaning: This sentence also describes a storm, but it uses different words to describe the rain, thunder, and lightning. It's like saying, It was a really loud storm with lots of rain, thunder, and lightning.

Choice of Words: Rain is the water that falls from the sky when clouds get too full. Came down hard means it fell in large amounts, like someone poured it out of a bucket. Thunder is the loud noise that happens when lightning strikes. Boomed means it made a very loud sound, like an explosion. Lightning is the bright flash of light that happens when electricity in the clouds moves quickly. Crackled means it made a sharp, snapping sound, like when you break a stick.

The sky opened up and it rained cats and dogs, thunder clapped like a giant drum, lightning danced across the sky like a sword fight.

Meaning: This sentence uses even more figurative language to describe a storm. It's like saying, It was a really crazy storm with lots of rain, thunder, and lightning.

Choice of Words: The sky opened up is a figurative expression that means it started raining very heavily. Rained cats and dogs is an idiom that means it rained very heavily. Thunder is the loud noise that happens when lightning strikes. Clapped means it made a loud, sharp sound, like when you clap your hands. Like a giant drum means it was a very loud clap of thunder. Lightning is the bright flash of light that happens when electricity in the clouds moves quickly. Danced means it moved quickly and erratically, like when people dance. Like a sword fight means it was a very bright and intense lightning storm.

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