Meaning: The stars shone with intense brightness against the dark night sky.
Choice of Words: Twinkled describes the sparkling and shimmering of the stars. Brightly emphasizes their brilliance. Night is the time when it's dark outside.
Alternative Expressions
The stars were shining brightly in the night sky.
Meaning: This sentence is also describing how the stars looked in the night sky. It means that the stars were shining very brightly in the dark sky.
Choice of Words:Stars are the big balls of hot gas that shine in the sky. Were shining means to give off light. Brightly means with a lot of light. Night sky is the sky when it is dark outside. When you put them together, "The stars were shining brightly in the night sky" means that the stars were giving off a lot of light in the dark sky.
In the darkness of the night, the stars twinkled with a brilliant glow.
Meaning: This sentence is also describing how the stars looked in the night sky. It means that the stars were shining very brightly in the dark sky, with a soft glow.
Choice of Words:Darkness means the absence of light. Night is the time when it is dark outside. Twinkled means to shine with a flickering light. Brilliant means very bright. Glow means a soft light. When you put them together, "In the darkness of the night, the stars twinkled with a brilliant glow" means that in the dark sky, the stars were shining with a very bright, soft light.