Consider whether you enjoy more and understand better poems that are written in free verse or in a formal (rhymed, metered) style. Explain why you prefer one over the other and how one style may be more difficult to read than the other.

Report on how your community views its local athletic teams and the effects that any suspected illegal acts (paying players, recruiting violations, etc.) has had or would likely have on the social climate surrounding local sports.

Write an essay on how you think most immigrants to the United States felt upon their arrival and how those feelings may have changed over time.

Pretend you have just retired from a factory where you worked for 50 years and write a letter to a grandchild telling him or her how you now feel.