How to Find an Essay Topic
Everyone cringes when a teacher assigns the dreaded essay. The toughest part is finding a topic to write about. With these tips you can pick a topic for your essay.
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Instructions
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List any topics that arouse your passions. If you like sports or dancing, these might be topics that you can write about easily.
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List the topics that you are knowledgeable about. You will find writing your essay easier if you write about a topic that you already know something about.
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Think about the topics you are considering. How involved can you get in the topic? It is important that you can research the topic you decide to write about.
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Make it interesting. A boring topic makes for a boring essay and even your teacher doesn't want to read boring essays. Choose a topic that your peers haven't already done. Biographies of famous celebrities are overdone, but if you choose a specific aspect of the celebrity's life, then your essay may be more interesting to your readers.
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Trim the topic down into ever smaller categories. For example, take the topic of celebrity and make it specific: Celebrity = Michael Jackson = Neverland Ranch = parties at Neverland.
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Use prewriting techniques, including freewriting, listing or clustering. When you freewrite you just let your mind focus on a particular subject, and then you write everything you know about it. Listing and clustering is freewriting in list form or in a cluster.
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Tips & Warnings
If you choose a topic that bores you during your research, find a new topic.
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