Suppose you have only 40 minutes to respond to a prompt. Which strategy would be the best way to come up with ideas?

With only 40 minutes, brainstorming is a quick way to generate and organize ideas directly from the prompt. Writing a journal entry or discussing the prompt could help, but they may take longer or move away from the task; online research also uses time and may not be needed to get started.

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