Essay Writing Prompts

If you could be one for just 24 hours, what cereal box cartoon character would you be? Why?

•What was the best thing that happened to you this weekend? (used August 23, 1998)

•What is your favorite animal? List three adjectives to explain your choice.

•What is your favorite color? List three adjectives to explain your choice.

•It's a very hot and muggy day. You desperately want something very cool and refreshing to quench your thirst and revitalize your body. What would you drink -- either make your own or store-bought.

•You discover that the person you're head-over-heels interested in loves a good homemade & handmade dessert. What will you concoct when you have this person over?

•What would you leave in your will for the person you care about the most?

•What do you consider to the most valuable thing you own: when you were a child/teenager/now?

•What's the kindest act you have ever seen done (either to/by you or another)?

•If you could have any job in the world, which one would you want? (used September 27, 1998)

•What were your best/worst subjects in school and what subjects would you want to learn now?

•What are you most talented at? What is your worst nightmare today?

•How often do you clean between your toes?

•What is your favorite way to waste time at work without getting caught?

•If you could have had the starring role in one film already made, which movie would you pick?

•If you were to perform in the circus, what would you do? (used September 13, 1998)

•If you could eliminate one thing you do each day in the bathroom so that you never had to do it again, what would it be?

•You were just given a yacht. What would you name it?

•If you could have been told one thing that you weren't told when you were a teenager, what would you like to have heard?

•You've just been hired to a promotions position at Kellog Co. What would you