Stars sparkled, lighting up the night.

Meaning: The stars were shining brightly and making the night sky look beautiful.

Choice of Words: Sparkled: means to shine with a bright light that is not steady. Lighting up: means to make something brighter.

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Twinkling stars illuminated the darkness of the night.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how the stars were shining with a flickering light and making the dark night sky look brighter.

Choice of Words: Twinkling means to shine with a flickering or intermittent light. Stars are the tiny bright objects in the sky that shine their own light. Illuminated means to make something bright or to bring light to something. Darkness means the absence of light. Night is the period of time when the sun is not shining and it is dark outside. When you put them together, "Twinkling stars illuminated the darkness of the night" means that the stars were shining with a flickering light and making the dark night sky look brighter.

The night sky was adorned with the sparkling brilliance of the stars.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how the night sky was decorated with the bright and sparkling light of the stars.

Choice of Words: Night sky is the sky that you see at night. Adorned means to decorate or make something look more beautiful. Sparkling means to shine with a bright and often intermittent light. Brilliance means the quality of being very bright. Stars are the tiny bright objects in the sky that shine their own light. When you put them together, "The night sky was adorned with the sparkling brilliance of the stars" means that the night sky was decorated with the bright and sparkling light of the stars.

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