Stars twinkled above sleeping world.

Meaning: This sentence describes the way stars look in the sky at night, and how they seem to watch over the world as it sleeps.

Choice of Words: Stars are the small bright things we see in the sky at night. Twinkled means to shine with a flickering light. Above means higher than something else. Sleeping means resting with your eyes closed. World is the planet we live on.

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The stars were shining in the night sky.

Meaning: This sentence describes a night sky with stars shining.

Choice of Words: Stars are those bright objects in the sky that shine at night. Were shining means they were giving off light. Night sky means the sky at night. So the sentence means that the stars were giving off light in the sky at night.

The stars lit up the dark sky.

Meaning: This sentence describes a night sky with stars making it brighter.

Choice of Words: Stars are those bright objects in the sky that shine at night. Lit up means they made the sky brighter. Dark sky means the sky at night. So the sentence means that the stars made the sky at night brighter.

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