The characters came to life on the page.

Meaning: This sentence describes the feeling that characters in a story become real and relatable to the reader.

Choice of Words: "Characters" refers to individuals in a story or play, "came" means to arrive or appear, "to" indicates direction or destination, "life" refers to the existence of an organism, "page" refers to a sheet of paper in a book or notebook.

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The characters jumped off the page.

Meaning: This means that the characters in the story seemed so real and believable that they seemed to come out of the page and into the real world.

Choice of Words: Characters are the people or beings in a story or play. Jumped is a past tense verb that means to move suddenly into the air by pushing off from the ground with your feet. Off the page means from the book or piece of paper where the story is written. When you put them together, "The characters jumped off the page" means that the people or beings in the story suddenly appeared to come out of the book or page and into the real world.

The characters stepped out of the book.

Meaning: This means that the characters in the story seemed so real and believable that they seemed to come out of the book and into the real world.

Choice of Words: Characters are the people or beings in a story or play. Stepped is a past tense verb that means to move forward by lifting and putting down one foot after the other. Out of the book means from the book or piece of paper where the story is written. When you put them together, "The characters stepped out of the book" means that the people or beings in the story appeared to come out of the book or page and into the real world.

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