Seashells whisper, secrets of the deep, stories of sunken ships.
Meaning: This sentence is describing how the seashells on the beach are whispering secrets about the ocean, and telling stories about sunken ships.
Choice of Words: Whisper means to speak very softly. Secret is something that is not known by many people. Deep means a long way down. Sunken means to sink below the surface of the water. When you put them together, "seashells whisper" means that the seashells are making a soft sound, "secrets of the deep" means that the seashells are telling secrets about the ocean, and "stories of sunken ships" means that the seashells are telling stories about ships that have sunk below the surface of the water.
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