Sunlight sparkled on the river's surface.

Meaning: The sun was shining on the top of the river, and the light was reflecting off the water in a sparkling way.

Choice of Words: The sunlight is shining down on the river, and the surface is the top of the water. The sparkled shows the light reflecting off the water in a pretty way.

Alternative Expressions

Sunlight sparkled on the river's surface.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the sunlight made the river look like it was covered in tiny, shiny lights.

Choice of Words: **Sunlight** is the light that comes from the sun. **Sparkled** means to shine or glitter with tiny lights. **Surface** means the top or outside of something. **River** is a large body of water that flows through land.

The sunlight made the river shine like diamonds.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the sunlight made the river look very shiny and beautiful.

Choice of Words: **Diamonds** are precious stones that are very shiny. This sentence compares the way the sunlight made the river look to the way diamonds look.

The river glittered like a disco ball under the sunlight.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the sunlight made the river look very shiny and sparkly.

Choice of Words: **Disco ball** is a large ball covered in shiny pieces of glass that reflects light. This sentence compares the way the sunlight made the river look to the way a disco ball looks.

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