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Topic Suggestions for Paragraphs and Essays

If you're having problems coming up with a good topic for a composition, consider these ideas for a variety of common writing assignments. Writing prompts such as these are intended to spark your imagination and help you discover a topic that's meaningful to you.
300 Writing Topics
Coming up with a good topic can be one of the hardest parts of composing a paragraph or essay. These 300 topic suggestions should make that job a little easier.
Writing Topics: Description
Descriptive writing calls for close attention to details. To help you get started, here are some topic suggestions for a descriptive paragraph or essay.
Writing Topics: Narration
These topic suggestions may remind you of a particular incident that you can relate in a clearly organized narrative essay.
Writing Topics: Process Analysis
You'll find that it's not too difficult to develop a paragraph or essay through process analysis if you've chosen a topic that you know quite well. These prompts are meant to help you to discover that topic.
Writing Topics: Examples
If you're asked by your writing instructor to compose a paragraph or essay developed with examples, these topic suggestions should help you to get started.
Writing Topics: Comparison & Contrast
To write an effective comparison and contrast, keep in mind that your subjects should be logically comparable and your composition should have a clear purpose. The topic suggestions listed here are intended as starting points to help you discover some fresh ideas on your own.
Writing Topics: Classification
Many subjects can be explored through classification. The suggestions here may lead you to a topic that particularly interests you.
Writing Topics: Cause & Effect
Some of the following topic suggestions emphasize causes; others focus on effects. But keep in mind that these two approaches are closely related and sometimes not easily separated.
Writing Topics: Definition
Abstract and controversial ideas can often be clarified through extended definitions. The concepts listed here can be defined in various ways and from different points of view.
Writing Topics: Argument & Persuasion
These statements may be either defended or attacked in an argument essay.
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