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Exemplification Essays Narrative Essays
Analogy Essays Classification Essays
Cause and Effect Essays Argument and Persuasion Essays Definition Essays

10 Topic Suggestions for Descriptive Essays

1 A Surprise Birthday Party
2 My Next-door Neighbor
3 Favorite Athlete
4 A Character from a Book ,Movie or TV Program
5 First Day in College
6 A Sad (or Happy) Day in Life
7 Farewell in High School
8 The Experience of Sky-diving
9 Baking a Pizza
10 Learning to Play Piano

10 Topic Suggestions for Narrative Essays

1 Your first day at a new school or college
2 Your first day at a new job
3 Your last day on a job
4 An embarrassing experience
5 A dangerous experience
6 Surviving a hurricane or a tornado (or other natural disaster)
7 The day you decided to change your life
8 The experience of being lost (or of being frustrated)
9 A communication barrier
10 Your first time away from home

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10 Topic Suggestions for Process Analysis Essays

1 How ice cream is made
2 How to play chess
3 How people choose mates
4 How to quit smoking
5 How to conduct obedience training for dogs
6 How to succeed at a job interview
7 How to learn photography
8 How a bad habit develops
9 How to enjoy the weekend for under $20
10 How to make the perfect brownies

10 Topic Suggestions for Exemplification Essays

1 Successful People Without a Formal Education
2 Homeschooling
3 Effects of Social Networking Sites
4 Child discipline
5 Animal Characteristics in People
6 Annoying Commercials
7 Genetic Engineering
8 Ghosts and Goblins
9 Religion in School
10 Discrimination

10 Topic Suggestions for Comparison and Contrast Essays

1 Two stages of a person’s life
2 Two places you have visited
3 Effects of Social Networking Sites
4 A good boss and a bad boss
5 Bulimia and anorexia
6 Living on campus and living off campus
7 An active student and a passive student
8 An online class compared to a traditional class
9 Hearing culture and deaf culture
10 Mainstream school vs. deaf school

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10 Topic Suggestions for Analogy Essays

1 Starting a new job
2 Getting out of debt
3 Being in a car accident
4 Falling in love
5 Experiencing grief
6 Experiencing joy
7 Discovering a major in college
8 Leaving home for the first time
9 Making a speech
10 Becoming addicted to drugs

10 Topic Suggestions for Classification Essays

1 Ways of saving money
2 Uses of social network sites
3 Reasons for attending or not attending college
4 Classify the winter and summer sports
5 Classify the study habits
6 Ways of quitting smoking
7 Attitudes toward politics
8 Ways of coping with a cold
9 Ways of protecting the environment
10 On-campus jobs for students

10 Topic Suggestions for Cause and Effect Essays

1 The effect of a parent, teacher, or friend on your life
2 Why you selected your major
3 Why students drop out of high school or college
4 The effects of divorce
5 Volcano eruptions — causes and effects
6 What are the effects of illiteracy
7 Causes of the Great Depression
8 Why people exercise
9 The causes/effects of child neglect
10 Why many Americans prefer foreign-built cars

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10 Topic Suggestions for Definition Essays

1 Deaf culture
2 Audism
3 A good (or bad) parent
4 A good (or bad) boss
5 Sportsmanship
6 Racism and prejudice
7 Bilingual education
8 Optimism
9 Free Speech
10 Environmental technology

10 Topic Suggestions for Argument and Persuasion Essays

1 The production and sale of cigarettes should be made illegal.
2 Participating in team sports helps to develop good character.
3 Americans should have more holidays and longer vacations.
4 Dieting makes people fat.
5 College students should have complete freedom to choose their own courses.
6 Students should (or should not) be required to take physical education courses.
7 Freshmen should not be required to purchase a meal plan from the college.
8 High school graduates should take a year off before entering college.
9 People have become overly dependent on technology.
10 Drunk drivers should be imprisoned on the first offense.

 

Sources:

  • About (2012). Retrieved April 27, 2012, from http://grammar.about.com/od/tz/g/topicterm.htm
  • Free Writing (2012). Retrieved April 27, 2012, from http://www.writingvalley.com/category/essay-topics/

 

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