The young boy rode his bicycle down the hill, the wind blowing through his hair.

Meaning: The young boy was riding his bicycle down a hill and enjoying the feeling of the wind in his hair.

Choice of Words: Rode means to travel on a bicycle. Hill is a high area of land.

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The little boy pedaled his bike downhill, the breeze rustling his locks.

Meaning: This sentence also describes a young boy riding his bicycle down a hill, but it uses different words to create a more poetic image.

Choice of Words: Little describes the size of the boy, boy is a male child, pedaled means the boy was using the pedals to move the bike forward, bike is a short form of bicycle, downhill describes the direction the boy was moving, breeze is a gentle wind, rustling describes the sound the wind makes as it moves through the leaves, and locks is a poetic word for hair.

The boy zipped down the slope on his two-wheeler, the wind tangling his tresses.

Meaning: This sentence is similar to the previous two, but it uses different words to describe the boy's speed and the effect of the wind on his hair.

Choice of Words: Boy is a male child, zipped describes the speed at which the boy was moving, down describes the direction the boy was moving, slope is another word for hill, two-wheeler is another word for bicycle, wind is the movement of air, tangling describes the way the wind is making the boy's hair messy, and tresses is a poetic word for hair.

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