Descriptive essay topics (теми за текст описание)
- Your hobby
- Your roommate/friend/family member
- A special place
- Your favorite childhood game
- A place you try to avoid
- Your favourite time of day/week/year
- Where do you go to hide?
- A person you are afraid to lose the most
- A book that changed your life
- Favourite time with your family
- If you could live in another country, which country would you choose?
- What makes your mom or dad special
- What would you like to be able to invent?
- The world a hundred years from now
- Your favourite animal
- One thing you’d like to change about yourself
- A statue you’d like to see
- The greatest discovery/invention
- Your secret talent
- The most beautiful thing you have ever seen
- The ugliest thing you have ever seen
- The meaning of colour
- Your favourite gift
- A chore you’d do away with
- Something you can’t resist
- A waiting room
- A cell phone
- A treasured belonging
- A favourite restaurant
- Your dream house
- Your ideal roommate
- Your closet
- Your memory of a place you visited as a child
- An accident scene
- A city bus
- An unusual room
- A secret hiding place
- A bowl of fruit
- An item left too long in your refrigerator
- The backstage during a play or a concert
- A vase of flowers
- A rest room in a service/bus/train station
- A street that leads to your home or school
- Your favourite food
- The inside of a spaceship
- The scene at a concert
- An art exhibit
- The ideal apartment
- Your neighbourhood
- A small town cemetery
- A pizza
- A pet
- A photograph
- A hospital emergency room
- A friend or a family member
- A painting
- A storefront window
- An inspiring view
- A work table
- Your desk
- A character from a book/movie
- Your refrigerator/washing machine
- How to choose a major
- How to win a game
- How to find the prefect roommate
- How to succeed in college
- How to plan the perfect party
- How to survive a night of babysitting
- How to pitch a tent in the rain
- How to housebreak a dog
- How to kick a bad habit
- How to overcome insomnia
- How to avoid a nervous breakdown during exams
- How to keep peace with a spouse/roommate
- How to bathe a cat
- How to complain effectively
- How to survive a recession
- How to toilet train a baby
- How to develop self-confidence
- How to wash a woolen sweater
- How to give yourself a haircut
- How to plan the perfect class schedule
- How to end a relationship
- How to quit smoking
- How to survive without a car
- How to make the perfect cup of tea/coffee
- How to make (and keep) friends
- How to insert a contact lens
- The best/worst movie of all time
- The best/worst book you have ever read
- Compare two places you have visited
- Two perspectives on the same place: past and present
- Two restaurants
- Two pets in the same household
- The views of your parents before and after you left home
- A real vacation and a dream vacation
- A good boss and a bad boss
- Two classes in the same subject: one in high school and one in college
- The car you own and the car you dream of owing
- Two ways of studying for an exam
- A memorable teacher you have had
- Two coffee shops
- Two close friends
- Ways of coping with a cold
- Ways of protecting the environment
- The effects of peer pressure
- The reasons students cheat
- The effects of poverty on an individual
- The reasons people keep pets
- The effects of computers on our everyday lives
- The reasons some people choose not to carry a mobile phone
- The environmental effects of bottled water
- The reasons reality shows are so popular
- The effects of stress on students in high school or college
- The reasons people shop online
- The reasons students drop out of high school or college
- The reasons so many people eat junk food
- The long-term effects of unemployment on a person
- How to achieve peace of mind
- How to look as if you know how to dance
- What is love?
Narrative essay topics (теми за текст повествование)
- Your bravest moment
- How you met your best friend
- The moment your life changed forever
- How you overcame a fear
- A moment when you made a difficult choice
- A moment when a friend let you down
- A failure you have experienced
- A disappointment you have experienced
- A surprising turn of events
- What would you do if you had power?
- What superpower would you choose?
- If you could change lives with someone, who would that be?
- Your biggest loss
- A moment when you had a desire to run
- A moment when you had the urge to crawl in a hole
- Words that prompted hope
- When a child taught you a lesson
- Your proudest moment
- If your dog could talk
- Your most unfortunate day
- An accident you witnessed
- A wrong choice
- A right choice
- How you’d spend a million dollars
- If you could start a charity
- A close call
- A hard lesson
- An unexplained event
- Your longest minute
- An awkward social moment
- An experience with death
- Why you will never tell a lie again
- A moment when you needed a hug
- The hardest news you have had to deliver
- A special morning/evening
- A memorable wedding
- One minute of a football game (or another sporting event)
- Your first day at a new school/college/workplace
- Your last day on a job
- A disastrous date
- A moment of success
- An encounter that changed your life
- A strange encounter
- The most disastrous event that happened in class
- An experience that left you disillusioned
- A frightening experience
- A memorable journey
- An encounter with someone/something you were afraid of
- An occasion when you experienced rejection
- The breakup of a friendship
- An experience that showed you we must be careful of what we wish for
- A significant misunderstanding
- A dangerous experience
- An experience that showed you how appearances can be deceiving
- An account of a difficult decision you had to make
- An act of heroism or cowardice
- A rebellious act
- A brush with greatness
- A brush with death
- A time when you took a stand on an important issue
- An experience that altered your view of someone
- A vacation from your childhood
- Your first time away from home
- A traffic accident you witnessed
- A day when everything went right/wrong
- An experience that made you laugh until you cried
- The day you decided to change your life
- The experience of getting lost
- An unexpected encounter
- Surviving a natural disaster
- An experience that taught you a lesson
- An experience that helped you grow up
- You don’t know what you have got until it is gone
- Moving to a new neighbourhood
- Starting a new job
- Quitting a job
- Losing a close friend
- Making a speech
- Learning a new skill
- How you dealt with success/failure
- Resisting peer pressure
- An experience that taught you to appreciate life more
- A memorable birthday party
Argumentative essay topics (теми за аргументативен текст)
- Dieting makes people fat
- Is the death penalty effective?
- Should men get paternity leave from work?
- Do curfews keep teenagers out of trouble?
- Is cheating at school out of control?
- Are we too dependent on computers?
- Should animals be used for research?
- Are cell phones dangerous?
- Are test scores a good indicator of school competency?
- Do we live in a throw-away society?
- Is child behaviour better or worse than it was years ago?
- Are actors and professional athletes paid too much?
- Do violent video games cause behaviour problems?
- Are beauty pageants exploitative?
- When should parents let teenagers make their own decisions?
- What age is appropriate for dating?
- Does boredom lead to trouble?
- Is competition good?
- Is fashion important?
- Is homework harmful or helpful?
- Should students be allowed to grade their teachers?
- High school graduates should take a year off before going to college
- Participating in team sports helps to develop a person’s character
- How long can you be in love with someone?
- Cigarettes should be made illegal
- People have become overly dependent on technology
- Privacy is not very important
- Study abroad programs are a waste of money
- The primary mission of colleges and universities should be preparing students for the workforce
- Higher taxes should be imposed on soft drinks and junk food
- How much does money matter in life?
- What is your attitude towards superstitions?
- What is your attitude towards slang?
- What is your attitude towards tattoos?
- Are exams necessary?
- How humble should a person be?
- What is your attitude towards tipping?
- Voting should be compulsory
- Students should not be required to take physical education courses
- Students caught cheating on an examination should be automatically dismissed from college
- Zoos should be shut down
- Is torture ever acceptable?
- Romantic love is a poor basis for marriage
- Should we rethink how long students spend in high school?
- Do schools provide students with enough opportunities to be creative?
- What have you really learnt at school?
- Is your school day too short?
- How should schools deal with students who misbehave?
- Should schools be allowed to use corporal punishment?
- How should schools address bullying?
- What is your opinion on the practice of grouping students by their ability at school?
- Does class size at school matter?
- Is prom worth it?
- How important are parent-teacher conferences?
- How necessary is a college education?
- Does technology make us more alone?
- Should people be allowed to be anonymous online?
- Is online learning as good as face-to-face learning?
- Can mobile phones be educational tools?
- How young is too young for a mobile phone?
- How would you feel about a computer grading your essays?
- Can a video game be a work of art?
- Can graffiti ever be considered art?
- What makes a good commercial?
- Does pop culture deserve a serious study?
- Is cheer-leading a sport?
- When is use of military force justified?
- Should rich people pay more taxes?
- Do you support or oppose the death penalty?
- When does one become an adult?
- Is modern culture ruining childhood?
- How, and by whom, should children be taught appropriate behaviour?
- What can older people learn from your generation?
- How should parents handle a bad report card?
- Are anti-smoking ads effective?
- Is it ethical to eat meat?
- Can money buy you happiness?
- Which is more important: talent or hard work?
- When is a compromise acceptable?
- Can vegetarian diets be healthy?
- Is hunting good or bad for the environment?
- Does recycling really make a difference?
- What is the best way to handle our thrash? Are landfills a good idea?
- Who should do chores in a family?
- Is it good to be an only child?
- Are large families better for children?
- How does birth order affect children?
- Do mobile phones make people more or less connected?
- Have social media hurt or improved the lives of teenagers?
- Should schools use video games as a teaching tool?
- Will paper and books become obsolete?
- Should parents be able to choose the genetics of their children?
- What is the next big leap in technology?
Humorous topics
- How to lose weight without losing your mind
- How to get rid of an unpleasant roommate (without committing a crime)
- In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence
- Work expands to fill the time available
- Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong
- When life throws you lemons, make lemonade
- When everything is coming your way, you are in the wrong lane
- The things I’ve learnt at school: How to whisper/ How to text without looking/ How to look as if I am paying attention
- When someone in class reminds the teacher about homework
- If there’s one thing school’s taught me, it’s never to touch the underside of a desk
- Punishment: Getting your seat changed for talking too much. Solution: …
- When my substitute teacher is meaner than your regular teacher
- Trying to stay awake at school is one of the hardest things on earth
- The awkward moment when you are the only one who did homework
- Dear Teacher, I talk to everyone, so moving my seat won’t help
- That feeling of awesomeness when you prove your teacher wrong
- In boring classes, I improve my art skills
- When your teacher says “Get out”, it means you won the argument
- Switching names with your best friend when there’s a substitute teacher
- That moment in class when you just want to scream “No one cares!”