Read the sentence from the passage below he kick his legs and mowed his arms like everyone else but instead of gliding through the water he sink like it rocked when the author used the smiley sink like a rock he or she means that when k y l e tried to swim he sink a eagerly be quickly see easily
The correct sentence from the passage is: "He kicked his legs and moved his arms like everyone else, but instead of gliding through the water, he sank like a rock."
From this sentence, we can understand that when the author used the simile "sink like a rock," they mean that Kyle sank quickly and easily while trying to swim.