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Write a letter to someone who has had a significant influence on you. Use as
many details as possible to show, rather than tell, why they are so important to
you.
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Choose a current event and discuss its importance to you. Be as personal as
possible: how has the event changed your thinking? How does it make you
feel? How has it impacted your daily life or your future plans?
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Describe a risk you took, and what you gained or lost by taking it. Did you
learn something about yourself or the world? Are you a changed person
because you took the risk? Was it worth it?
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Choose a work of creativity (visual, musical, literary, scientific) that is of
