Common App Short Answer questions!! HELP!!

College Essays
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<li><p>Should the Short Answer be creatively written? I only have 150 words so should I go straight to the detail and skip an introduction? </p></li>
<li><p>Also, it says to “elaborate”. What do you think it means by that? Should I just write how this activity was important to me? Or is it asking me to explain in more detail what the activity is?</p></li>
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<p>Please respond URGENTLY!!! I am running out of time!</p>

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<p>My short answer was a creative metaphor, but many people said it was execellent including my teachers.</p>

<p>I mean elaborate is a very “vague” word :]</p>

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<p>verb
both sides refused to elaborate on their reasons expand on, enlarge on, add to, flesh out, put flesh on the bones of, add detail to, expatiate on; develop, fill out, embellish, embroider, enhance, amplify.</p>