As the snowfall intensified, the once brown landscape became covered in a thick blanket of pure white snow. ... Standing tall and erect, its sturdy branches bristled with bundles of stiff needles, each covered in snowy white, until, at the peak a single green branch pointed upward, layered with a miniature snowdrift. ... My hair and eyebrows became coated with accumulating snow, giving me the appearance of great age. I stepped forward; the crisp crunch of the snow being compressed beneath my feet seemed loud in the widespread silence. ... More doors opened, and people of all ages ...

• Word Count: 514
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As the snowfall intensified, the once harsh landscape became cloaked in a thick mantle of pure white snow. ... Standing tall and erect, its sturdy branches bristled with bundles of stiff needles, evergreen, arranged in ever decreasing concentric circles, each fringed in snowy white, until, at the peak a single verdant sprig pointed skyward, capped with a miniature snowdrift. ... My hair and eyebrows became encrusted with accumulating snow, bestowing upon me the appearance of great age. I stepped forward; the crisp crunch of the snow being compressed beneath my feet seemed loud in the prevaili...

• Word Count: 690
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I collapsed in that garden for hours with a white chocolate bar in my hand. ... The last day arrived not because I was tired of spending time there or eating my white chocolate bar, but because I had to leave. ... When I received presents on Christmas night in gold wrapped paper; when I saw snow for the first time. I believe in white chocolate bars. ...

• Word Count: 482
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

I not only get to see snow, but a group of people that care about me even though I don't get to see them very often. ... This tradition is the one that I feel the most blessed to share, and my happiest memories are those of a white Wisconsin Christmas. ...

• Word Count: 766
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Have to run for miles a day, come rain, snow, bitter cold or searing heat. ... Walking through the bright white corridors, I felt bad and guilty, like I had done something wrong and being there was my punishment. ... I can't believe that I only have two months a year where just going outside can make me happy: white lights in the trees, street musicians, happiness beyond the buy, buy, buy, sell, sell, sell of the atmosphere: and I"m going to miss it all, as usual, because I"m too obsessed about my butt. ...

• Word Count: 1198
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

As readers and writers, we all start out with a certain affinity to various styles of reading and writing depending on what is presented to us at an early age. Luckily for me, I was fortunate enough to even learn to read and write as a child, seeing as how many adults around the world still do not h...

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Have you ever been influenced by some important person that helped you be the person that you are today? I have been. The people that have had influence on me are the most important humans beings, my family. One of the places that we spend most of our time is the family room. This room is so big and...

• Word Count: 2511
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School