... rooms dressed up in amazing costumes. The series of rooms that the parties took place in were huge and had no lamps or candelabrum. All of the rooms had little or no light. The colors of the rooms pretty much described how you would feel and everything in the rooms were the same color but different shade. The rooms were colors of blue, purple green, orange, white, violet, and black ... . The rooms all had a special something to it. Blue, with its vivid windows ... ; purple, with its ornaments and tapestries that made your pane feel purple; and green, that even had green casements. "The s...

• Word Count: 747
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... learned that people can have the disease living in their body for as long as ten years before even being diagnosed with it. I learned that it's the fourth most common cause of death among people in the United States. I also learned that the ribbon for pancreatic cancer awareness is purple, which made me happy because I knew that purple was my grandma's favorite color. Flash forward a few months ... . My grandma is still in the hospital, I'm still crying and my obnoxious cousin is still trying ... to get my sister to do gymnastic down the hospital hall. How insensitive. ... ...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... : Russian Vodka, Kentucky bourbon, British Gin, Irish whiskey, Greek Ouzo. The nose fills with a potpourri of tobacco, alcohol, patchouli, perfume, and sweat. The scents cling to the hair, clothes, and fill the nostrils. The deep, rich, red color of the walls and the West Indian décor of the rooms give off a distinct vibe. The sultry band that performs on the intimate stage is not just any band. Not just any ... are most likely informed that last call had been announced ten minutes prior. This is the way it always goes down. The band is finishing up their last song as you get back to a ...

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... one could not see the future, only the next phase of life. Although each room had a large window, one could not see the outside world. Because the view from the windows was of the corridors, again Poe provided a feeling of confinement. Each room, being of a different color, represented the phases of existence, from birth toward death. The rooms went in the order of blue, purple, green, orange, ... white, violet, and finally black and scarlet. Each color when put together formed a progression of the stages of life ... , from birth to death. The seventh room was constructed of black velvet...

• Word Count: 796
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... human life. First of all, the rooms run east to west. The sun rises in the east so it is usually connected with beginnings and life, while the sun sets in the west, which is associated with endings. Each room is a different stage of life according to the color. The first room is blue, which represents birth. The purple room is next and that suggests the beginning of growth. After this ... room comes the green and orange rooms, which are symbols of life and the progression through youth. White comes next ... and that suggests aging and reaching the end of the path. The next room is viol...

• Word Count: 573
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... such as Pinks and blues will make you feel restful. Reds help to raise the blood pressure, it may make someone on edge or alive, it is not good for the bedroom. Blue the color of warmth, may help to reduce stress and relieve tension. The bathroom would be the best place. Purple a neutral color when it comes to feelings, it comforts and relives strain so wherever you ... decide to paint with purple it is sure to please you. Want your living room to be cheerful ... it in a bathroom or kitchen. Try contrasting colors for stimulating thought. Put yellow and purple together. This may be fun...

• Word Count: 1307
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... wondered how he got so many layers and shades of the same color in such a large piece. At first glance it looks as though it was just one solid color. But if you really look, you could see many shades of purple, black or maroon. I looked at the back two purple works the longest. The way the shades of purple just natural moved into one another so flawlessly. It has ... depths of layers of layers upon layers of purple seamlessly all merging together as though somehow poured upon ... the canvas over time. The smell in the chapel was different than the rest of the museum, it smelled as tho...

• Word Count: 984
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... Pizza, after being half melted one hot summer day. In the center of the windowsill is a pot of little purple and yellow flowers. I start to do the nightly rounds involved with getting ready for bed. I walk across to the far side of the room where the computer is. I watch the screen saver dance around and making a kaleidoscope effect of color. I turn it off and go back to my fish ... blenni is diving in and out of the vividly colored purple, green, yellow, and pink rocks. The rocks obtain their color from the mats of algae that grow on them. The psychedelic goby begs me not to turn out t...

• Word Count: 486
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... DVD player, VCR, and our kid's XBOX game. In the cabinets on the entertainments center, is our movies, DVDs, and games. On top of the entertainment center is a lovely green ivy plant in a wicker basket. Family portraits adorn the walls, along with a picture above the couch that features a brilliant sky fading away to the sunset of pink, purple and oranges. Our dining room is an octagonal shape ... that is raised up a few steps about the floor. It has a wooden fence' outlining it with openings set up for entry. This is where ... . Lovely white lace curtains adorn her windows. Beside Andr...

• Word Count: 2274
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... down; her stomach churned as all the color drained from her face. A steady stream of blood had made its way down the stairs; it dripped warmly off of each separate step filling the ruby pool on the one below it. Vivian stood frozen unable to believe the oozing mass that was collecting at her feet. Behind her the heavy wood of the door crashed open sending icy gusts ... size she thought to herself as she sighed and left to the nursery. They had painted the room a pale yellow with blue and pink ducks swimming along the boarders. A lacy crib had been set up within the indentation of the ba...

• Word Count: 7199
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: High School

... it organized in space? Key Words Shape/Size- great, little, large, small, solid, leaf-shaped, rectangle, stalk-shaped, full, tall, round, shallow, fat, bunches, squat, blocks, pyramid, peril. Color- brown, red, yellow, green, purple, gold, silver, orange, peppered, dark cherry, chocolate. Texture- creased, sprigs, striped, frill, peeled, grated, crust, glass, cut. Sight- spiral, star-shaped, tubular. Taste- sweet, salty, sour, bitter, ... is a white board with delightful scribblings in three different colors, in front of the board is a lone podium that stands out due to the tasteless co...

• Word Count: 504
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... to the mood. The blue room, which is first, is in the East. This is where the party begins. The black room, which is last, is in the West. This is where everyone dies. This symbolizes the rising and setting sun, which rises in the East and sets in the West Each room's color symbolizes something. The first room, the blue room, stands for beginning. The party begins here. The purple room ... stands for innocence. The fourth and fifth rooms, the green and ... orange rooms, stand for life beginning to end. This is where the uninvited guest is first seen. The white room stands ... ...

• Word Count: 647
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... Death," Poe uses symbolism through the colors of the rooms, the clock that counts down time, and the characters at the ball in order to discuss man's eventual appointment with death. At the ball, the castle has seven arranged rooms that each has a different color and have all been decorated according to the Prince's taste (Wolfgang 521). These colors start at blue and progress to purple, to green, then orange ... , to white, next violet and finally to black (Poe 269). All of these colors, in this particular order, are said to represent the evolution of a man's life ("Overview," AVL). Non...

• Word Count: 823
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... 's costume party. The color of this mask is basically violet with a little bit of black and white dots around the corner. On the top-right side, there are two feathers colored with indigo and purple respectively. Flying down the window platform, she lands on a brownish wooden desk. On the desk, there is ... a very thick grand new textbook. She tries to move it, but the book seems too ... heavy to be moved. This book has approximately 1000 pages with a black hard cover. It is called "Calculus." At this time, wind blows the blue curtain, bringing the ... pens, pencils, ect. And on its ri...

• Word Count: 690
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School