Choice of Words: Cast suggests that the moon was spreading its light.
Alternative Expressions
The moon was shining its silver light on the world that was sleeping.
Meaning: This sentence is describing how the moon is shining its light on the world, which is asleep.
Choice of Words:Moon is the big ball in the sky that shines at night. Cast means to throw or spread something. Silver is a bright white color like the moon. Glow means to shine with a soft light. Sleeping means to be in a state of rest with your eyes closed. World is the planet that we live on.
The moon's silver light was shining on the world that was fast asleep.
Meaning: This sentence is describing how the moon's light is shining on the world, which is deeply asleep.
Choice of Words:Moon's shows that the light is coming from the moon. Fast means quickly. Asleep means to be in a state of rest with your eyes closed.
The moon's silver glow bathed the sleeping world in its ethereal light.
Meaning: This sentence is describing how the moon's light is covering the world, which is asleep, in its otherworldly light.
Choice of Words:Bathed means to cover something in a liquid. Ethereal means something that is not of this world or is otherworldly.