Dewdrops glistened on leaves, sparkling.

Meaning: The sentence describes how the dew drops on the leaves were shining and sparkling in the morning sun.

Choice of Words: Dewdrops are small drops of water that form on surfaces at night or in the early morning when the air is cool. Glistened means to shine or sparkle with reflected light. Leaves are the flat, green parts of a plant that grow from the stem. Sparkling means shining with many small points of light.

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The morning dew sparkled on the leaves like tiny diamonds.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the water droplets on the leaves are shining and sparkling like tiny diamonds.

Choice of Words: Morning dew is the water that forms on grass and plants in the early morning. Sparkled means to shine brightly with little flashes of light. Leaves are the flat, green parts of a plant. Tiny diamonds are very small, shiny stones.

The leaves were covered in sparkling dewdrops that looked like a million little stars.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the leaves are covered in many sparkling water droplets that look like a lot of small stars.

Choice of Words: Leaves are the flat, green parts of a plant. Covered means to have something spread over the surface of something else. Sparkling means to shine brightly with little flashes of light. Dewdrops are small drops of water that form on plants and grass in the morning. Million little stars is a lot of small, shiny objects that look like stars.

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