Their wings shimmered in the sunlight brightly.

Meaning: This means the butterflies' wings were shining with a soft light in the sunlight, creating a beautiful display.

Choice of Words: Shimmered means to shine with a soft, gentle light. Wings are the parts of a butterfly's body that allow it to fly. Brightly means with a lot of light.

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The wings of the creatures shone in the sunlight like diamonds.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the wings of a group of creatures were shining and reflecting light in a way that was similar to how diamonds do because of the sunlight.

Choice of Words: The is used to show that the wings belong to a specific group of creatures. Creatures are living things, such as animals or insects. Shone means to give off light. Sunlight is the light that comes from the sun. Like diamonds means that the wings were shining and reflecting light in a way that was similar to how diamonds do.

As the sun's rays hit the wings, they sparkled and glittered.

Meaning: This sentence describes how the wings of something started to shine with small, bright lights and shine with a lot of small, bright lights when the lines of light that come from the sun touched them.

Choice of Words: As is used to show that the action of the wings sparkling and glittering happened at the same time as the sun's rays hitting them. Sun's rays are the lines of light that come from the sun. Hit means to touch or strike something. Sparkled means to shine with small, bright lights. Glittered means to shine with a lot of small, bright lights.

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