The picture had a big red heart.

Meaning: The picture had a big, red heart.

Choice of Words: The word big means large or spacious. Red is a color. Heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood through the body. When you put them together, it means the picture had a large, red heart.

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The picture featured a crimson heart of considerable size.

Meaning: This sentence is also describing a picture that has a big, red heart in it. It's like saying, There was a big, deep red heart in the picture.

Choice of Words: Picture means a drawing or painting that shows us something. Featured means to have something as a main part or attraction. Crimson is a deep red color. Heart is the organ in our chest that pumps blood throughout our body. Of considerable size means that it is quite large. When you put them together, "The picture featured a crimson heart of considerable size" means that the drawing or painting had a large, deep red heart in it.

In the picture, there was a heart that was as red as a firetruck and as big as a dinner plate.

Meaning: This sentence is also describing a picture that has a big, red heart in it. It's like saying, There was a big, deep red heart in the picture that was as big as a dinner plate.

Choice of Words: Picture means a drawing or painting that shows us something. In means inside of something. There means at that place. Was means to exist or to be present. Heart is the organ in our chest that pumps blood throughout our body. That is used to refer to something that has already been mentioned. Was as red as a firetruck means that it was a very deep shade of red. And means to add something to what has already been said. As big as a dinner plate means that it was quite large. When you put them together, "In the picture, there was a heart that was as red as a firetruck and as big as a dinner plate" means that the drawing or painting had a large, deep red heart in it.

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