Persuasive essays are basically essays written to present a particular point of view to the reader. While writing this type of essay, you will have to present valid arguments, evidence, facts and quotes to argue your case.
Selecting an interesting topic for persuasive essays is very important as is selecting your viewpoint for the same. First decide your point of view in the issue and list out facts and arguments that you wish to use persuade the reader. In the end, you should also be able to provide a solution and it must be persuasive enough to make the reader agree with you.
The topic that you select for this type of essay must be argumentative in nature and the issue must be complex enough for you to play the devil’s advocate. For example, in a topic like ‘How responsible was Marie Antoinette for the French Revolution?’ you can discuss whether the Queen was really responsible for the revolution or was she just a scapegoat. In this kind of essay, you will have to argue against traditional sources that do point accusing fingers towards the Queen. You can start off with a short biography of the queen and about her life in France during the early years and the mistakes that she made that were blown out of proportion by the French masses. And finally the pathos of the trial that she underwent in the end and her beheading. By putting forward her point of view, you will be able to persuade your readers about her innocence.
Here are some sample topics that you can use for a persuasive essay –
- Should we experiment on animals just to further our medical research?
- Would you undergo a cosmetic surgery just to look beautiful?
- Do you think we should abolish the process of abortion?
- Do you think Polygamy is a good idea given the rate population is exploding in our planet?
- Do you agree with the fact that dieting makes people fat?
- The art of old fashioned letter writing is vanishing thanks to email. Discuss.
- War on terror has caused more causality than the terror acts. Discuss
- Zoos are literal prisons for poor animals. Discuss.
- Cigarettes should be banned as illegal substance. Discuss.
- Television should be banned for young children. Discuss.
- Single parents and gay couples cannot provide with good family values for their children.
- Gay marriages are a slur on the institution of marriage. Discuss
- Guns and rifles should not be easily available for the public to buy. Discuss
- Kids should not be using cell phones. Discuss
- Government should make it mandatory for one of the parents to work from home.
- Child Abusers should be given capital punishment.
- Priests and Clergymen who abuse children should be sent to prison and the church should compensate the victims.
- Sex Education should be made mandatory in all schools.
- Some kinds of junk food are actually healthy. Discuss
- Children under the age of 15 years should not network through facebook or twitter.
- Natural disaster plans and survival should be mandatorily taught to children in schools.
- Parents should talk to children about drugs and sex at a young age
- Schools should expel all the bullies who make the other children’s life miserable
- Beauty Pageants should be banned.
- Harry potter was a bad influence on kids. Discuss.