Shiny scales sparkled like tiny mirrors.

Meaning: This means the hard, flat plates that covered the fish's body reflected light like small objects that reflect light.

Choice of Words: Shiny means reflecting light. Scales are the hard, flat plates that cover a fish's body. Sparkled means to shine with a lot of small points of light. Like means similar to. Tiny means very small. Mirrors are objects that reflect light.

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• Fish leaped from the water, their silver scales glistening in the sunlight like tiny mirrors.
• Their scales reflected sunlight like tiny mirrors.
• Shiny scales sparkled like jewels.
• The shiny stars sparkled like shiny jewels.
• Shiny scales sparkled brightly in sunlight.
• Puddles sparkled like mirrors, reflecting the blue sky.
• Its wings shimmered like tiny mirrors in the sunlight.
• Raincoats glistened like tiny mirrors.
• Shiny fish scales reflect sunlight.
• Shiny scales glittered under bright sunlight.