So i have to write a Persuasion essay and i have no clue what my topic should be any ideas?

Answer 1

I assign this sort of topic regularly. First, make sure you know exactly what the teacher's guidelines are. For instance, can you write a personal paper, or does it have to be about an issue of some sort? If it CAN be personal, there are probably lots of things in your life that you wish were different than they are. For instance: "My parents should let me date James, even though he is three years older than I." You can even try to persuade yourself: "After the holidays, I should work at losing (or gaining) ten pounds before the beginning of track season."

If it has to be an issue outside your personal life, I would encourage you to write about something you know and care about without having to do any research. Look around life. Surely there are a lot of things that you wish were different than they are. For instance, I hate the way almost every television channel fills its screen with extraneous garbage. News channels are the worst. They sometimes have so much other stuff on the screen that you can hardly see the picture they are supposedly broadcasting. And on a movie channel the other night, the goodbye kiss between a couple (Winona Ryder was dying of cancer) was obscured by some idiotic dancing man promoting the NEXT movie coming on in five minutes.

If I try, I can be easily irritated; surely you can, too. Think about all the things you wish were different, then try free-writing about several of them and see what works easiest for you. One of my teachers taught a very simple but helpful rule of thumb. In a persuasive paper, the thesis should have the word "should" in it, and the supporting points should have the word "reason" in them. You can vary this for the final draft, but it's a good starting point.

Good luck.

Answer 2

You can't truly be persuasive unless you believe in the subject. So you need to ask yourself, "what do I feel strongly about?"

Once you decide on your idea, write down a few words or phrases that relate to it. These should group into your major points.

Here are some ideas to get you going -
What right do you not have that you think you should?
What interpersonal things go on in your dating circle that you think are useless or silly?
What injustice have you recently seen in the newspaper's (or blog's) current events section?
What restriction do you currently have that you think should be removed?
What should every young person resolve to do before the age of 25? 30?

Good luck!

Answer 3

easy one - try one of these -
spaghetti is better than lasagna
football is better than soccer

or if you want controversy, use a "loaded" subject - abortion, capital punishment, teenageers getting plastic surgery, etc.

whatever it is you choose, you just have to try to make someone believe the same way you do about the topic - be "persuasive"

Answer 4

why ppl shouldnt drink and drive, drink coffee, not smoke, ....