They roasted marshmallows over the crackling fire.
Meaning: They cooked marshmallows on a fire that made a crackling sound.
Choice of Words: Roasted: cooked over a fire.
Alternative Expressions
The children toasted marshmallows over the warm flames.
Meaning: This sentence describes the action of children cooking marshmallows over a fire. The fire is warm and has flames.
Choice of Words:Children are young people. Toasted means to cook something by exposing it to heat, usually over a fire. Marshmallows are a type of soft, sugary candy that is often roasted on a stick. Warm means slightly hot, not cold. Flames are the burning gases that come from a fire.
They cooked marshmallows on the glowing embers.
Meaning: This sentence describes the action of cooking marshmallows over a fire. The fire has died down, leaving behind glowing embers.
Choice of Words:Cooked means to prepare food by heating it. Marshmallows are a type of soft, sugary candy that is often roasted on a stick. On means in contact with the surface of something. Glowing means giving off light, especially in a soft, steady way. Embers are pieces of burning wood or coal that remain after a fire has died down.