What can i write about? I must write a persuasive essay..any ideas?

Question

I have to "write to persuade" and essay for language arts..we can write about anything we want, but we have to persuade the audience to do something..a persuasive essay. any ideas on what i can write about?
For example-Snape is evil/good. (i can't use that one )

Answer 1

Try and persuade someone to do something you feel strongly about that isnt/ hasnt already happened. If you feel good about it, it will be easy to write about.

For example: I want to persuade the governer to let skaters skate in parks.

Answer 2

There are many different controversial topics that make perfect persuasive essays.

This year, for my Junior research paper, I wrote about whether America should adopt an English-only policy, and last year I wrote about the genocide in Darfur. Although this year's paper required me to discuss BOTH sides of the argument, the Darfur essay was a definite persuasive piece, urging my audience (we had to memorize our paper and read it as a speech, too) to take action and convince the government to extend aid to the Sudan. That's just one example of a possible persuasive essay topic.

The sources I've listed below could be a huge help. The first two are actually about writing a persuasive essay, but include a little information on brainstorming. The third one is a library website I found with a large list of controversial topics -- i.e., perfect subjects for persuasive essays. Click on one -- you'll get links to different sources on those topics. It helps a lot! The fourth one is a similar list, which is longer but not as user-friendly.

Of course, the topic you choose will depend on many factors. What do YOU feel strongly about? It's often easier to write a paper on something you believe in -- as long as you feel able to keep from ranting! Unfortunately, if you have too much of an emotional investment in a topic, the paper can be come too pathos-based, ranty, and illogical. For this reason, it's usually good to avoid issues like abortion and other topics based mainly in religion or emotion.

The topic you choose also depends on the length limits your instructor has set forth. If this is supposed to be a 3-page essay, you should choose a narrow topic, so that you aren't too bogged down with information. If it's supposed to be, say, 10 pages, you should choose a slightly broader topic with more information available.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

reading is much better the book will keep u thinking and also you get greater detail in what people are thinking and also you have more imagination

Answer 4

Reading the booklet instead of seeing the movie is the best way to see what the author planned. Reading uses your imagination, hones your reading skills, and can increase your vocabulary

Answer 5

To become a vegetarian (even though i am not 1).With that you can talk about how they treat and slaughter animals and how a cow can feed possibly round about 10 people while the amount of grass they eat can feed 100 people

Answer 6

You can do a biomedical paper. Examples include: should there be a market for body parts, should abortion be made illegal, should physician assisted suicide be legal, and should we eradicate in-vitro fertilization?

Answer 7

we need more info... like what books you read... im guessing harry potter, (snape) so what about you will talk about if harry should/shouldnt say "voldemort" or should he say "he who must not be named"

Answer 8

A persuation to literature would be nice...People do not read books anymore...

Answer 9

recycling, banning trans fat, no uniforms for any schools...real food in the cafiteria...

Answer 10

you could write about something you oppose.