TOPICS FOR PRACTICE WRITING
The paragraph topics below are similar to those used in classes and on exams. They are included here for those of you who wish to practice your writing frequently and independently.
Most students find that their writing benefits greatly from practice. Creating topic sentences and outlines on a variety of topics provides invaluable help for students who have problems with structuring and organizing paragraphs. Those who have problems with sentence structure, usage, and mechanics will benefit from using the extra topics to practice writing complete paragraphs.
The Learning Commons has many other practice topics. Learning Commons instructors will be happy to evaluate your independent practice writing, identify your strengths and weaknesses, answer your questions, and make suggestions for improving your writing.
SAMPLE TOPICS
- Explain what every citizen's right to "be assumed innocent until proven guilty" means.
- Some have said that our society is going to destroy itself with too much talk. Exactly what do these people mean?
- Camping is an extremely popular type of vacation in America. What makes people like camping?
- Who has the greater responsibility for protecting children from the violence in movies and television programs—parents, movie and television producers, or the government?
- Everyone experiences rudeness at one time or another. Use an experience that you had recently to show three things about rudeness.
- One of the persons I respect most is . . .
- "Family values" has become a favorite topic for politicians and the media. What do you think are the most important values for a family to have?
- Assuming you had the necessary education and training, would you like to be an astronaut? Explain why or why not.
- For various reasons, many individuals are vegetarians. Why would you choose to be—or not to be—a vegetarian?
- Many nursing homes now use pets as therapy for depressed or disturbed patients. How could pets help the elderly?
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Good Luck and Happy Writing!