She imagined they were tiny dancers, twirling and leaping.

Meaning: This sentence describes the little girl's imagination as she pictures the raindrops as tiny dancers performing a graceful dance.

Choice of Words: Imagined means to create a picture in your mind. Dancers are people who dance. Twirling means spinning around and around. Leaping means jumping or springing into the air.

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She thought they were little ballet performers, spinning and hopping.

Meaning: This means she was thinking about these tiny people as if they were ballet dancers who were spinning and hopping around.

Choice of Words: Thought is another way to say imagined. Little is another word for tiny. Ballet performers are people who dance ballet, which is a special kind of dance. Spinning and hopping are similar to twirling and leaping, but they describe different kinds of movements.

In her mind, she saw them as miniature acrobats, twirling and jumping.

Meaning: This means she was thinking about these tiny people as if they were acrobats who were twirling and jumping around.

Choice of Words: In her mind means that she was thinking about this in her head. Miniature means very small, like tiny. Acrobats are people who do flips and other tricks. Twirling and jumping are similar to twirling and leaping, but they describe different kinds of movements.

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