Moonlight paints silver path across lake.
Meaning: This sentence describes the beautiful effect of moonlight reflecting on the surface of a lake, creating a shimmering path of light.
Choice of Words: Moonlight is the light from the moon, paints is used figuratively to describe the way the moonlight creates a path, silver path refers to the shimmering reflection of the moonlight on the water, across lake indicates the path extends across the entire lake.
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