Dewdrops glistened like jewels on spider's web.

Meaning: The sentence describes a scene where dewdrops on a spider's web are shining and sparkling like precious jewels.

Choice of Words: Dewdrops are drops of water that form on grass and leaves in the morning. Glistened means to shine or sparkle. Like means similar to. Jewels are precious stones. Spider's shows that something belongs to a spider. Web is a structure made by a spider to catch insects.

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Dewdrops glistened like jewels on spider's web.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the dewdrops were shining and sparkling on the spider's web, making them look like jewels.

Choice of Words: Dewdrops are small drops of water that form on grass and other surfaces in the morning. Glistened means to shine or sparkle. Like jewels means that the dewdrops were shining and sparkling like precious stones. Spider's web is a net that spiders make to catch their food.

Tiny drops of water sparkled like diamonds on the web of a spider.

Meaning: This sentence also describes how the dewdrops were shining and sparkling on the spider's web, but it uses different words to describe the dewdrops and the web.

Choice of Words: Tiny drops of water are the same as dewdrops. Sparkled means the same as glistened. Like diamonds means that the dewdrops were shining and sparkling like very valuable stones. Web of a spider is the same as spider's web.

The dewdrops on the spider's web looked like they were made of shiny glass.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the dewdrops on the spider's web looked like they were made of shiny glass.

Choice of Words: The dewdrops are the same as before. On the spider's web is the same as before. Looked like means that the dewdrops appeared to be something. Made of shiny glass means that the dewdrops looked like they were made of a clear and sparkly material.

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