Sunflowers reached for sun.

Meaning: This sentence depicts sunflowers growing tall and stretching their flowers towards the sun.

Choice of Words: "Sunflowers" are tall plants with large, yellow flowers that resemble the sun. "Reached" describes their upward movement. "For" indicates the object they were reaching towards. "Sun" refers to the celestial body that provides light and warmth to Earth.

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The sunflowers stretched their arms towards the sun.

Meaning: This sentence is also describing how sunflowers grow. Sunflowers need sunlight to grow, so they stretch their stems and flowers up towards the sun to get as much sunlight as they can.

Choice of Words: The is used to refer to a specific group of sunflowers. Stretched means to make something longer or taller by pulling on it. Arms are the long, thin parts of the body that connect the hands to the shoulders. Towards means in the direction of something. Sun is the big, bright star in the sky that gives us light and heat. So, when we put these words together, it means that the sunflowers are making their stems and flowers longer and taller by pulling on them, and they are doing this in the direction of the sun.

The tall, yellow sunflowers reached up to the bright, warm sun.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how sunflowers grow. Sunflowers need sunlight to grow, so they stretch their stems and flowers up towards the sun to get as much sunlight as they can.

Choice of Words: The is used to refer to a specific group of sunflowers. Tall means high in height. Yellow is the color of the sunflowers. Reached means to stretch out your arm or body to try and touch something. Up means in a direction that is higher than where you are now. Bright means giving out a lot of light. Warm means having a high temperature. Sun is the big, bright star in the sky that gives us light and heat. So, when we put these words together, it means that the tall, yellow sunflowers are stretching their stems and flowers up towards the bright, warm sun.

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