Meaning: The sentence describes a rainbow appearing in the sky after a heavy rain.
Choice of Words: Rainbow is an arc of colors that appears in the sky after rain. Appeared means it became visible. Heavy rainfall is a lot of rain falling quickly.
Alternative Expressions
The rainbow was visible following the downpour.
Meaning: This sentence is also describing the natural phenomenon of a rainbow forming in the sky after a heavy rainfall, but it uses different words to convey the same meaning.
Choice of Words:Visible means able to be seen. Downpour is a heavy rainfall. When you put them together, "The rainbow was visible following the downpour" means that we could see the rainbow in the sky after it rained a lot.
After the rain stopped, a colorful arch appeared in the sky.
Meaning: This sentence is describing the same event as the previous two sentences, but it uses different words to convey the same meaning.
Choice of Words:Colorful arch is another way to describe a rainbow. When you put it together, "After the rain stopped, a colorful arch appeared in the sky" means that we saw a rainbow in the sky after it rained.