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The Pencil

Describe an unsharpened pencil's appearance. Your essay cannot exceed 125 words.

Focus on the pencil's appearance, but do not describe the following:

  • Any words appearing on the pencil's exterior.
  • The eraser.

Do not provide a user's guide for the pencil. In other words, do not explain how to write with the pencil, just explain what it looks like.

Audience

Aim this essay at your nine year old granddaughter. She lives in the year 2042 and has never seen a pencil or a pen before. Feel free to use measurements or geometric terms if you think it will help your cause. (Don't forget that she's only nine years old, though.)