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Writing Ideas: 10. What is something you are pessimistic about? 11. What is your most indispensable possession & why? 12. What is the meaning of "He laughs best who laughs last"? 13. What is your favorite song and why? 14. What is the best birthday present you ever received? 15. What is the best birthday present you could receive? 16. What is something that makes you feel sad? 17. What is your favorite book and why? 18. What is something that really bugs you? 19. What is something that really makes you angry? 20. What is the best advice you ever received? 21. What is your favorite holiday? What makes this holiday special? 22. What is your favorite day of the week? 23. What is your favorite month? Why? 24. What would happen if you could fly whenever you wanted? When would you use this ability? 25. What would happen if there were no television? Why would this be good? bad? 26. What would happen if everyone lived in space? What type of houses would they live in? What type of clothing would they wear? What type of food would they eat? How would they travel? 27. What if cows gave root beer instead of milk? 28. What if all the streets were rivers? What would be different? 29. What would happen if people never co-operated? Why do you think it is important to co-operate? 30. What would happen if it really did rain cats and dogs? 31. What would happen if animals could talk? What are some of the questions you would like to ask animals? 32. What would happen if you could become invisible whenever you wanted to? What are some of the things you could do that you cannot do now? 33. What would happen if everyone wore the same clothes? 34. What would happen if you threw a piece of trash on the ground? What if everyone did? 35. What if you could walk up walls and across ceilings? 36. What would happen if you loved your neighbor as yourself? What if everyone did? 37. What would happen if you grew taller than trees? How would this change your life? 38. What would happen if children ruled the world? 39. What would happen if there were no cars, buses, trains, boats, or planes? How would this change your life? 40. What if everyone lived under water? Where would people live? What games would children play? What would school be like? 41. What would happen if you found gold in your backyard? 42. What would you do if a bully bothered you on your way home? 43. What would you do if you did very poorly of a test? 44. What would you do if a friend borrows things from you but never returns them? 45. What would you do if you were the teacher and everyone forgot his homework? 46. What would you do if you were in the middle of the lake and your boat began to leak? 47. What would you do if your friend had a broken leg? How would you cheer him up? 48. What would you do if you saw little bugs in your salad? 49. What would you do if you woke up in another country and no one could understand you? 50. What would you do if you ordered an ice cream cone and you forgot to bring money? 51. What would you do if someone got in front of you when you were in line at the movies? 52. What would you do if your jelly sandwich fell upside down on the floor? 53. What would you do if only one hot dog is left and neither you nor your friend have had one? 54. What would you do if two of your best friends went to the movies without inviting you? 55. What would you do if the surprise party was for you but you weren't surprised? 56. What would you do if you got a present you didn't like? 57. What would you do if you were at home and your homework was at school? 58. What would you do if you dropped the cookie jar and it broke? 59. What would you do if you were invited to two parties on the same day? 60. What would you do if you promised to feed your pet and you didn't?   61. What would you do if someone said you did something wrong and you didn't?   62. What would you do if your new shoes felt fine in the store but now they are hurting? 63. What would you do if someone told you a joke that you don't think is funny? 64. What would you do if an hour before the party you remember you don't have a gift? 65. What would you do if a friend comes to your house and his/her mom doesn't know he's/she's there? 66. What would you do if you had four math problems marked wrong that were right? 67. What would you do if you found in the street? 68. What would you do if you found a magic wand? 69. What would you do if you wanted to be friends with someone who spoke no English? 70. What would you say if someone told you it was all right to steal from a large department store? 71. What would you do if you saw a friend cheating--report it; confront the friend, nothing--and why? 72. If you could have been someone in history, who would you have been? 73. If you could only take 3 people with you on a trip around the world, who would you take and why? 74. If you could give any gift in the world, what would you give and to whom? 75. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? 76. If you received any sum of money as a gift, what would you do with it? 77. If you could do whatever you wanted to right now, what would you do? 78. If you were principal of this school, what would you do? 79. If you were a mouse in your house in the evening, what would you see your family doing? 80. If you were five years older you would...   81. If you were lost in the woods and it got dark, what would you do? 82. If it were your job to decide what shows can be on TV. how would you choose? 83. If there were no rules, what do you think would happen? 84. If you owned a store, what would you do to discourage people from stealing from you? 85. If you could participate in an Olympic event, which one would you choose and why? <P 86. If you could break the Guinness Book of Records it would be for? 87. If you had to describe yourself as a color, which would you choose? 88. If your friend told you of a secret plan to run away from home, what would you do and why?
 * 1)  What is something you dislike about yourself?
 * 2)  What is something you do well?
 * 3)  What is your favorite room in your home and why?
 * 4) What is a good neighbor?
 * 5) What is the worst thing parents can do to their children?
 * 6) What is your favorite time of day?
 * 7) What is your idea of a dull evening?
 * 8) What is the best way to treat meddlesome people?
 * 9) What is something you are optimistic about?

259. Imagine you miss someone very important to you, and they are only reachable by letter… what would you write to them? 260. Pick a color, now pick a smell, and then pick a flavor. Write. 261. What do you hate about your favorite time of the year? 262. __ Finish this line and continue: I’ve often wondered why __ _ 263. Write an apology letter to someone that you know you’ve offended, but you don’t know why. 264. Finish this line and continue: It could be worse___ 265. Imagine a small random act of kindness on your part, like letting another driver merge in front of you, or giving up your seat on the plane for someone flying home for an emergency, and how that one act could have changed the course of the stranger’s life. 266. Imagine, as a totally normal adult, one day you inadvertently made a wish and it came true almost immediately… 267. What lessons did you learn from your first love? 268. Pick a scent that you associate with a happy memory and write about it.
 * 1) What do you think of 3D movies?
 * 2) What do you think someone your age can do to help reduce the amount of pollution in our environment?
 * 3) What do you think the world needs now?
 * 4) What do you think your friends say to each other when you're not around?
 * 5) What do you think about the amount of violence on T.V.?
 * 6) What do you think about people polluting the environment?
 * 7) What do you think about having set rules for people to follow?
 * 8) What do you think about people who are inconsiderate of others?
 * 9) What do you think should be done to keep people who are under the influence of alcohol off the road?
 * 10) What do you think the world will be like when you are a grown up?
 * 11) What do you think about ghosts?
 * 12) What do you think of someone who has bad manners?
 * 13) What do you think about people who take advantage of others?
 * 14) What do you think about when you can't fall asleep?
 * 15) What do you think courage means?
 * 16) What do you think makes a good friend?
 * 17) What do you think makes a happy family?
 * 18) What pollutants do you think do the most damage and why?
 * 19) What things do you think are beautiful?
 * 20) What do you like most about yourself?
 * 21) What do you like to do in your free time?
 * 22) What kind of animal would you like to be and why?
 * 23) What kind of trophy would you like to win?
 * 24) What TV or movie star would you like to invite to your birthday party?
 * 25) What does "Clothes make the person" mean to you?
 * 26) What does "Have your cake and eat it too" mean to you?
 * 27) What does "The early bird gets the worm" mean to you?
 * 28) What do we mean when we say, "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"?
 * 29) What does "You can't take it with you" mean?
 * 30) What do we mean when we say, "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar"?
 * 31) What do we mean when we say, "Hitch your wagon to a star"?
 * 32) What does "still waters run deep" mean to you?
 * 33) What does "There are two sides to every coin" mean to you?
 * 34) Where would you prefer to be right now--mountains, desert, beach--and why?
 * 35) What are you afraid of? Why?
 * 36) What are junk foods?
 * 37) What are some nutritious foods that you like?
 * 38) What are some rules you have to follow at home?
 * 39) What are some examples of prejudice?
 * 40) What is more important to you, appearance or personality?
 * 41) What is most important to you in a friend--loyalty, generosity, honesty--why?
 * 42) What is something that makes you melancholy?
 * 43) What makes your best friend your best friend?
 * 44) What makes you feel safe?
 * 45) What makes you laugh?
 * 46) What would you invent to make life better?
 * 47) What would you do to entertain your family without spending any money?
 * 48) What effects does watching violence have on people?
 * 49) What effects do cigarette and alcohol advertising have on young people?
 * 50) What kind of TV. commercial would you like to make? Describe it.
 * 51) What kind of pet would you most like to have--monkey, snake, goat--why?
 * 52) What kind of program do you enjoy most on TV--detective shows, comedies, game shows--and why?
 * 53) What advice would you give a new student?
 * 54) What advice would you give to someone who stole something but now feels guilty?
 * 55) What things are better than going to school? Why?
 * 56) What talents do you have?
 * 57) What three words would describe you right now?
 * 58) What four things are most important in your life?
 * 59) What color makes you think of happiness?
 * 60) What has been the most fun activity at school so far?
 * 61) What quality do you like about yourself--creativity, personality, appearance--why?
 * 62) What eccentric behavior in a friend disturbs you the most?
 * 63) What parts of nature do you like best?
 * 64) What do you do for exercise?
 * 65) How do you feel when it's your birthday? Why?
 * 66) How do you feel on the first day of winter? Why?
 * 67) How would you feel if you were going to be on a show? Why?
 * 68) How do you feel when you do something wrong?
 * 69) How do you feel when you do something that is very good?
 * 70) How do you feel when you play a trick on someone?
 * 71) How would you feel if a new child moved into your neighborhood?
 * 72) How do you think the new child would feel?
 * 73) How do you feel when you have had a fight with your best friend?
 * 74) How do you think your friend felt?
 * 75) How do you feel when you are in bed with the lights out?
 * 76) How do you feel when you want something very badly and you cannot have it? Why is this so important to have?
 * 77) How do you feel on a warm sunny day?
 * 78) How do you feel when you stay with a babysitter?
 * 79) How do you feel when you're leaving home on vacation?
 * 80) How do you feel when you sleep at someone's house?
 * 81) How do you feel during a thunderstorm?
 * 82) How do you feel on the first day of school?
 * 83) How do you feel when your parents are upset with you? Why do they become upset with you?
 * 84) How do you feel on Thanksgiving? What are you thankful for?
 * 85) How do feel on (any holiday)?
 * 86) How do you feel when something scares you? What do you do when this happens?
 * 87) How would you feel if someone told you that you were his or her best friend?
 * 88) How do you feel about your appearance?
 * 89) How would you change the world to make it better?
 * 90) How do you think eating junk food affects you?
 * 91) How do you have the most fun--alone, with a large group, with a few friends--and why?
 * 92) Explain how to play your favorite game.
 * 93) I wish I had a million... Then I would...
 * 94) I wish I had one... because
 * 95) I wish I could be like.... This person is special because....
 * 96) I wish to be a _ __when I grow up. Then I will....__
 * 97) I wish there were a law that said..... This would be a good law because....
 * 98) I wish I could forget the time I ..... because....
 * 99) I wish trees could..... because....
 * 100) I wish I could see...... because.....
 * 101) I wish I could learn..... because.....
 * 102) I wish I didn't have to eat...... I don't like this food because.....
 * 103) I wish everyone would learn to ..... Then everyone would.....
 * 104) I wish I never......
 * 105) I wish I had one more chance to..... Then I would.....
 * 106) I wish there was an electric......
 * 107) I wish I had enough money to......
 * 108) I wish everyone loved......
 * 109) I wish all children would......
 * 110) I wish everyone had.....
 * 111) I wish I could touch......
 * 112) I wish animals could...... If they could, then.....
 * 113) I wish I looked like.... because......
 * 114) I wish there were no more.....
 * 115) I wish I didn't have to.....
 * 116) I wish I could go to.....
 * 117) I wish there really was..... If there really was, then.....
 * 118) I wish I could hear......
 * 119) I wish I could give......
 * 120) If all my wishes came true, I would......
 * 121) Describe a time when you felt vengeful.
 * 122) Describe your favorite toy. Why do you like it best?
 * 123) Describe the most ludicrous outfit you can think of.
 * 124) Describe the best teacher you ever had.
 * 125) When you are angry, how do you look?
 * 126) When are you happiest?
 * 127) When have you felt lonely?
 * 128) When do you feel proud?
 * 129) When was the last time you cried and why?
 * 130) When a friend was in an embarrassing situation, what did you do?
 * 131) When it might hurt their feelings, how do you feel about telling your friends the truth?
 * 132) When might it be bad to be honest?
 * 133) When someone picks on someone else, how do you feel? What do you do?
 * 134) Once, when you were very frightened, what happened?
 * 135) Once, when you were embarrassed, what happened?
 * 136) Once, when your feelings were hurt, what happened?
 * 137) Which quality best describes your life--exciting, organized, dull--and why?
 * 138) Which quality do you dislike most about yourself--laziness, selfishness, childishness--and why?
 * 139)  Which place would you most like to visit--Africa, China,  Alaska  --why?
 * 140) Which holiday has the most meaning for you-Canada Day, Thanksgiving, Valentines Day--and why?
 * 141) Which is least important to you--money, power, fame--and why?
 * 142) Which is most important to you--being popular, accomplishing things, being organized--and why?
 * 143) Who do you talk to when you have a problem?
 * 144) Who is your favorite Star Wars character (or other movie/book/TV. show, etc.)?
 * 145) Who or what has had a strong influence in your life?
 * 146) Why is it important to be honest?
 * 147) Why is important to have good manners?
 * 148) Why do you think adults smoke/drink?
 * 149) Why is exercise important to someone your age?
 * 150) Why do you think some people encourage others to smoke/drink?
 * 151) Why do you think the rules you must follow are good or bad?
 * 152) Why would it be good to be honest?
 * 153) Why have men and women usually only done certain types of work?
 * 154) Why should or shouldn't a man stay home to care for the house and children while his wife goes to work?
 * 155) Why do you think some people take advantage of others?
 * 156) Why do you think prejudice exists in the world?
 * 157) Why would we say that someone is "passing the buck"?
 * 158) Why would a Prime Minister have a sign on his desk which read, "The buck stops here"?
 * 159) Why do you think tact is an important quality?
 * 160) Why is it not wise to squander your money?
 * 161) Explain why we say, "dead as a door nail".
 * 162) Do you think there is too much fighting on TV? Why or why not?
 * 163) Do you think it is necessary to have alcohol at a party in order to have a good time?
 * 164) Does it bother you to be around someone who has bad manners?
 * 165) Should there be a dress code in places such as school, restaurants, and places of business? Why or why not?
 * 166) Should animals be used for medical research?
 * 167) Should the Canadian Government financially support Olympic teams?
 * 168) Should people be prohibited from smoking in certain places?
 * 169) Families are important because...
 * 170) Would you like to be famous? Why or why not? What would you like to be famous for?

Personal Narratives

1. Think about a friend who has been an important part of your life. How did you become friends with this person? Think about when you met, what you did, and how your friendship grew. Write a story about this friendship. Give enough details to tell the reader about this friendship.


 * 1)  A change in the weather can be wonderful. Sometimes we are surprised at how a snowy, rainy, windy, or sunny day can change the way we feel. The weather can bring chances for fun, creativity, time alone, time with your family, or something out of the ordinary. Write a story about a day in which the weather made the day special for you. Give enough details to show the reader what happened on this day.
 * 2)  You woke up one morning and learned that it was snowing. School was closed for the day! It was a dream come true. Suddenly you had time to take a break from the usual routine and do what you wanted to do. Write a story about a snow day off from school that you remember. Give enough details in your story to show what you did and how wonderful the day was.
 * 3)  All of us have a favorite place where we get to do what we want. It could be an indoor place, an outdoor place, or even an imaginary place. What is your favorite place? Write a story about what you get to do in your favorite place. Give enough details in your story to show your favorite place and what you get to do there. (MCAS Make-up Grade 4, 2003)
 * 4)  All of us have had a special time or adventure in our lives. It could be anything such as a visit with a friend or relative, a party you went to, or a game you watched or played. Or it could be something completely different. Write a story about a special time or adventure that you have had. Give enough details in your story to show what it was like and what made it so special.
 * 5)  Summer is a special time when children get to do fun things. You have more time during the day to choose activities that you enjoy doing with your friends or family, outdoors or indoors. There are many different ways to have fun in the summer. What¹s yours? Write a story about your favorite summer activity. Give enough details in your story to show what you were doing and what made this your favorite activity. (MCAS Make-up Prompt Grade 4, 2002)
 * 6)  Think about people you know or have met. Choose ONE person who has made a big difference in your life. Write about that person AND describe his or her positive effect on your life. (MCAS Grade 4, 2001)
 * 7)  Choose a vivid time from your childhood. Narrate the events related to the childhood memory that you've chosen so that your readers will understand why the event was important and memorable.
 * 8)  Think of an experience when you realized that you suddenly understood an idea, a skill, or a concept you had been struggling with. Write a narrative that tells the story of your movement toward understanding. Your paper should help readers understand how you felt to struggle with the idea or skill and then to understand.
 * 9)  Because you have been sick, out of town, or working on other homework, you didn't have as much time to study for an important test as you needed. Think of a specific test that you took that you felt unprepared for and narrate the events. Your paper should help readers understand what it felt like to be unprepared.
 * 10)  Think of a time when you achieved a personal goal. Tell your readers about the story of how you met your goal. Be sure that your readers understand why the goal is important to you.
 * 11)  Think about an event in your life that seemed bad but turned out to be good. Tell the story of the event that you experienced and help your readers understand how an event that seemed negative turned out to have valuable consequences.
 * 12)  Teaching someone else how to do something can be rewarding. Think of a skill that you've taught someone else how to do. Think about the events that made up the process of teaching the skill, and narrate the story for your readers.
 * 13)  Think of a change to a place that you know well, and narrate the events that occurred. Readers should know the details of the change, and they should know how you feel about the changes that occurred.
 * 14)  Describe a personal ritual that you, your friends, or your family have. Narrate the events that take place when you complete your ritual so that your readers understand the steps that the ritual includes and why you complete them.
 * 15)  Choose a time when you did something that took a lot of nerve, a time when you didn't follow the crowd or a time when you stood up for your beliefs. Think about the details of the event and write a story that tells about what happened. Your narrative should show your readers why you decided to make a stand or try something that took nerve, give specifics on the events, and share how you felt after the event.
 * 16)  Think of a time when you disagreed with a decision that had been made and did something about it. Write a paper that narrates the events that occurred -- from the decision that was made to your response. Be sure that your paper gives enough details that your readers understand why you disagreed with the decision and why you felt that your response was appropriate.
 * 17)  Think about your first day of school. Write a story to a friend telling about that day. Be sure to describe the atmosphere including three distinct details and identify what impressed you most about your experience.
 * 18)  You are a class president and have been asked to write an introduction for a person you admire greatly. Write an essay describing at least three distinct admirable qualities of the person.
 * 19)  Imagine yourself as a passenger on a bus. The bus driver announces “We’re here! Everyone off.” As the bus pulls away, you realize you don’t know where you are. Describe to your family the surroundings in which you found yourself and the adventure you had trying to get home.
 * 20)  Imagine that you find a page torn from a short story that has only two lines: "That’s how I became known as a ‘Hero.’ THE END" For a friend, create another story that could still end with this page.
 * 21)  Imagine yourself in the year 2000, when suddenly all of the world’s technologies stop working. You decide to publish a daily newspaper, and make ten copies by hand. In this first story, describe a day in the life of someone in this new non-technological society.
 * 22)  Suppose you woke up one morning to find that (everyone had disappeared, there was no electricity, telephones stopped working, the world had run out of gasoline, the Earth had left its orbit, etc.). Write a narrative for future generations of what life is like with this sudden change.
 * 23) A travel agency is looking for exciting vacation destinations that are a bit out of the ordinary. Imagine that the agency asks you to explore (a particular country, city, or area). Write an account for them that describes the interesting experiences you had there.

Writing Prompts from //Chat Pack: Fun Questions to Spark Conversations//, William Randall Publishing, 2007 1. If you could have any object or place in the world completely to yourself for one day, what would you choose? 2. You’ve been given the chance to travel into the future to see how the world will change over the next 50 years. What change in particular are you most interested in? 3. If you could enter a racehorse in the Kentucky Derby, what would you name your horse? 4. If you were asked to make a “Top Ten” list of the people you regard as the all-time greatest Americans, whom would you rank in the third, second, and first spots? 5. If you could add one month to the calendar year, inserting it between two existing months, where would you put the extra 30 days? (You can assume that the weather for this new month will be a mix of the weather typical of the month preceding it and following it.) 6. Thinking back to all the great TV series finales that you have seen over the years, which show do you believe had the best final episode? 7. Suppose for a moment that you are truly color-blind: all you can see is black and white. Then one day you wake up to find you can now see one color. Which color would you want it to be? 8. If you could have any book instantly memorized cover to cover, which book would you choose? 9. Through the use of a time machine, you are traveling back to the year 1850. You may take with you one, and only one, product or invention from the modern era. What would you take with you to impress and awe our forebears? 10. If you could have 50 pounds of anything other than money, what would you want? 11. If you could be anywhere in the world for New Year’s Eve this year, where would you most want to be? 12. What is the greatest lesson in life you have ever learned? 13. Some are high, some are low; some are long, some are short; some are old, some are new. In all your travels, what is the most awe-inspiring bridge you have ever crossed? 14. If you lived on a farm, which chore above all others would you definitely not want to do? 15. Babe Ruth, James Dean, Elvis Presley…If you could bring back any deceased superstar for one final performance in their respective field, whom would you choose? 16. If you had to rearrange the letters of your first name to give yourself a new name, what would your new name be? 17. If you could hear a speech from the leading figure in any field, whom would you choose to hear? 18. In your opinion, what is the most beautiful man-made object in the world? 19. If you could walk into any painting and actually experience the moment or scene it depicts, which painting would you choose to enter? 20. In your opinion, what is the best piece of music ever written? 21. If your name were given as the description for any one word in the dictionary, behind what word would people find your name? (Example: HILARIOUS: John Smith.) 22. If you could see the front page of a national newspaper dated January 1, 2100, what do you imagine that the main headline might say? 23. If you were writing an autobiography, what would be the book’s title (besides your name)? 24. What would your dream house look like? Be as descriptive as possible. 25. What do you think is the best conversation piece in your home? 26. If you could stand at the pinnacle of any natural object or man-made structure, what would it be? 27. Which particular historical document (or portion thereof) do you think every American should know by heart? 28. What is something you forgot once that you will more than likely never forget again? 29. What is the longest line you have ever stood in? 30. What is one item you own that you really should throw away…but probably never will? 31. You’ve no doubt heard the expression, “They couldn’t pay me enough to do that job.” What job would that be for you? 32. If the daytime high temperature had to be exactly the same every day of the year, what would you want the temperature to be? 33. If you could open your own retail store, what type of merchandise would you sell? 34. If you had to describe your personality in terms of a farm animal, which animal would you choose? 35. If you had to choose your own epitaph of eight words or fewer (besides name and dates), what would it say? 36. If any one of the national holidays had to be celebrated twice a year, six months apart, which one would you want it to be? 37. If you won a contest in which your prize was to select any three guests to appear on a popular late-night talk show, which three people would you choose? 38. If you were on an African safari, what would you absolutely have to see for your trip to be complete? 39. If everyone were required to wear a hat at all times, what sort of hat would you wear? 40. If you could take any job for just one month, what job would you like to have? (Assume that you would have the skills and knowledge to perform adequately.) 41. If you were asked to create the ultimate vacation destination, where would it be located and what would it be like? 42. What is your favorite saying or quotation? 43. If you were completely blind but could somehow see for just one hour each month, how would you most often spend that time? 44. If you won $2 million tomorrow, what are the first three things you think you would do or buy as soon as you had the check in your hand? 45. If you were a professional artist, what would be the theme of your drawings/paintings? 46. If you had the ability to compete in any Olympic event, which one would you choose to enter? 47. If ten people who know you were asked to write down on a piece of paper the one adjective that each of them thinks best describes you, what do you think would be the most common word written down? (Consider the answer from their viewpoint, not yours!) 48. As the Christmas season approaches, what song is it that you just can’t wait to hear? 49. If you could have been there to witness any specific moment in sports history, what moment would you choose? 50. What is one piece of advice that you wish you could pass along to everyone else? 51. If you were to write a book, what would you choose as the topic? 52. If you were an airline pilot and were told to choose any route that you would have to fly for your entire career, what two cities would your flights connect? 53. What is one event in the future whose outcome you would really like to know now? 54. What is something you really enjoy doing that is a chore or a bore for many people? 55. If you could design any new ride or attraction for Walt Disney World, what would it be? 56. What is one item you own that has virtually no monetary value but has such sentimental value that you would not sell it for $1,000? 57. If you could be the spokesperson for any product on the market, what product would you choose to enthusiastically represent? 58. What is the most exciting event you have ever witnessed? 59. What “moment of glory” have you watched another person celebrate that you too would love to experience if you could? 60. If all drinking fountains could dispense another liquid in addition to water, what would you want it to be? 61. Everyone hears discussions that they consider boring. What topic can put you to sleep more quickly than any other? 62. If you were completely deaf but were somehow able to hear for one hour each month, what would you most often want to hear for that hour? 63. If you had to change your first name, what would you choose as your new name? 64. If you had to wear a button with a maximum of six words on it describing your outlook on life, what would your button say? 65. What is the most beautiful drive you have ever taken? Be as descriptive as possible. 66. Of all the movie characters you have seen, which one do you believe is most like you? 67. If you were given a $100 gift certificate to spend in any store, where would you choose to redeem it? 68. What thought or sentiment would you like to have copied and put into one million fortune cookies? 69. If you had the time and money and could go on any month-long summer adventure of your choice, what would you choose to do? 70. If you could invent a pair of glasses that would allow you to see abstract things (e.g., the motives behind someone’s actions), what would you want to see most of all? 71. What is something that many people consider a modern-day convenience that you, quite frankly, consider a pain in the neck? 72. Most people have a favorite story or experience that they love to share with other people. Here’s your chance: What’s your story? 73. If you could be one of America’s “most wanted,” but wanted because of some great skill you possess, what skill would you want to have? 74. If you could know one fact about every person you ever meet, what particular fact would you want it to be? (Assume that the other person would not have to be aware that you know this fact about them.) 75. If you could have the original of anything in the world, what would you want it to be? (Assume that you would never be allowed to sell it for money; you must simply enjoy it for what it is.) 76. If you were told that you could watch only one television show a week for the next 12 months, which show would you choose to watch? 77. If you could create a memorial to yourself in a city park, what would the memorial be? 78. If you could wake up every morning, open your bedroom blinds, and look out a huge glass window at the perfect view, what would that view be? 79. If you could go back in time and ask any famous person in history one question, whom would you question and what would you ask? (Assume that you would be given a completely honest answer.) 80. If, with your safety guaranteed, you could experience something considered very dangerous, what would you want to experience most of all? 81. Almost everyone can recall a missed photo opportunity because s/he did not have a camera. What moment above all others do you wish you could have caught on film? 82. If you could float in a hot-air balloon over any city or place in the world, what would you choose to float over? 83. When you look back on the life you have lived to this point, what in particular amazes you the most? 84. What is one trip you have never taken but would really like to take someday? 85. If your life were literally flashing before your eyes, what are three moments or scenes from your past that you would expect to stand out? 86. Suppose that instead of having a name, you had a number, and people would always refer to you as that number. What number would you want to take the place of your name? (Your number can have as many or as few digits as you would like.) 87. If snow could fall in any flavor, what flavor would you choose? 88. What is your all-time favorite scene from a movie? 89. Whenever you are having a bad day, what is the best thing you can do to help cheer yourself up? 90. Besides your real birthday, what is one other date on the calendar that you think would have been a great day to be born? 91. If you could get one thing back that was either lost or destroyed, what would it be? 92. What event or activity in the next few months are you looking forward to more than anything else? 93. What is something you always used to love to do that, during the last year or two, you feel like you’ve outgrown or lost interest in doing? 94. What is the most money you have ever found lying on the ground in a public place? 95. What is your favorite time of the day? What is your favorite day of the week? What is your favorite day of the year? What is your favorite week of the year? What is your favorite month of the year? What is your favorite season of the year? 96. If, like the newspaper or milk, you could have anything of your choice delivered to your doorstep every morning, what particular item would you want it to be? 97. If you could have the voice of any famous person, living or deceased, whose voice would you want to claim as your own? 98. If, instead of actually writing out your name, you now had to “sign” your name with a simple drawing of something, what would you draw each time to represent who you are? 99. Which month of the year do you think would best describe your personality? 100. In your opinion, what is the most significant event that has occurred in world history during the last thousand years? (You may define “significant” however you wish.) 101. What is one vacation destination that many people think is just fabulous, but which you personally have no desire to ever visit (or revisit)? 102. Of all the great success stories that you have heard or read about, which one do you find the most inspiring? 103. If you could at this very moment take a ride on anything in the world, what would you most want to ride? 104. What is one major problem, either in our own nation or throughout the world, that you honestly feel we will have pretty well solved within twenty years? 105. If you had to come up with one question for a national opinion poll, what question would you most want to pose to the American public? 106. Considering all the big-screen movies that you have ever seen, which one do you believe had the greatest emotional impact on you? 107. Which punctuation mark would best describe your personality? 108. If you could swallow a pill that would stop anything of your choice from happening to you again – anything except keep you from getting sick – what would the pill permanently end? 109. Suppose that instead of having a name, you had a letter, and people would always refer to you as that letter. Which letter of the alphabet would you want to take place of your name? 110. If you could change one – and only one – aspect of the U.S. presidential election process, what would it be? 111. If you could be the CEO of any corporation in the world, which one would you choose? 112. If you could know without a shadow of a doubt the answer to one question that has always troubled you, what question would you want to have answered once and for all? 113. If you were invited to be the main guest on a new run of the famous show “This Is Your Life,” what three people from your past would you love to see making a surprise visit on the show? 114. If you could “uninvent” any past invention, which one would it be? (Consider all the ramifications of eliminating this invention.) 115. If you were a multimillionaire, where would you be and what do you believe you would be doing at this very moment? 116. If you could be the editor-in-chief of any magazine in circulation, having significant input as to the style and content of the publication, which magazine would you choose? 117. When people find out what you do for a living, what is the most typical question that they are likely to ask you regarding your job? 118. What is the most incredible weather event you’ve ever been through in your life? 119. If, for your next birthday, someone offered to make you the ultimate dessert of your choice, what great concoction would you request? Be deliciously specific! 120. If you could live in any sate other than the one in which you currently reside, which state would you choose? 121. Forget about soft sounds like babbling brooks, gentle showers, and warbling birds. What is your favorite loud sound? 122. Aside from any family, friends, or pets, what would be the most difficult thing for you to give up in your life? 123. What is one field or profession that you never pursued, but that you think you probably would have been quite good at? 124. What is the greatest distance you have ever driven in a single day? 125. What was your favorite thing to pretend when you were a young child? 126. What is your biggest pet peeve? 127. If, for one month, you could live at any famous residence or house in the entire world, which one would you pick? 128. If you had a great voice and had the opportunity to record a duet with any singer living today, whom would you choose as your partner for the recording? 129. In your own not-so-humble opinion, what is your most likeable quality? 130. If your taste buds could be altered so that the taste of any one food would be dramatically intensified whenever you ate it, which food would you choose? 131. If you could bring to life any fictional character from a book or movie, whom would you choose? 132. If rain could fall in any scent, what scent would you want it to be? 133. What is the best $100 you have ever spent in your life? 134. If you were a songwriter drawing from recent experiences in your own life as material for your next big hit, what would be the song’s title? 135. What is the best piece of advice you have ever received in your life? 136. If you could bring back any tradition that seems to have faded into the past, what tradition would you bring back? 137. On a scale of one to ten (with one being not at all and ten being very much so), how superstitious are you? 138. Aside from any family occurrence (marriage, special anniversary, birth of a child, etc.), what event or accomplishment would you consider to be the highlight of your life thus far? 139. When was the last time you laughed so hard that you cried? 140. If you could change the ending to any movie you have ever seen, what movie would it be and how would you alter the way it ends? 141. What age when you turned it – was the most difficult for you to accept? On the other hand, which of your birthdays do you remember anticipating with the greatest amount of enthusiasm? 142. If you were to die tomorrow, what would you want people to remember you for most of all? 143. What is the c-c-c-coldest you have ever been in your life, and what is the (whew!!!) hottest you have ever been in your life? 144. If you were given the opportunity to be an apprentice to any person, living or deceased, from whom would you want to learn? 145. Who is the most famous person you have ever met? 146. If you were making a list of the five things (not people!) that make you happiest in your life, what five things would you write down? 147. If you had to spend an entire summer working at one of our country’s national parks or historic sites, which one would you choose? 148. If you had to be of a different ethnicity than you actually are, to which heritage would you most like to belong? 149. Suppose that income taxes still had to be paid, but instead of going to the government, your tax dollars would go to any cause or charity of your choice. Assuming the money would have to go to the same place each year, where would you want it to go? 150. If you could become fully enlightened instantly on any one subject, which subject would you choose? 151. What type of service to others or good deed done for other people do you personally find the most rewarding? 152. What world record would you most want to establish if you could? 153. What is the most interesting course you have ever taken in school? On the other hand, what is the most boring course you have ever taken in school? 154. If you had to write your own personal definition of the word “Success,” what would it be? 155. If you could experience a sailing adventure/cruise on any river, lake, or ocean in the world, what body of water would you choose for your trip? 156. If a local radio station offered to let you have your own 30-minute show each weekday morning, what type of show would you have?