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Category: The Act of Writing

  • Classification

    Develop one of the following topics into an essay of classification. (See also the guidelines that follow.) 1. Conversations 2. Television commercials 3. Crime 4. Music lovers 5. Wine 6. Martial arts 7. Roommates 8. Bosses 9. Horses 10. Grandparents 11. Education 12. Drugs 13. Novels 14. Lovers 15. Police officers 16. Landlords 17. Slang…

  • Analogy and Related Devices

    Choose a topic from items 1-15, or choose a subject from items 16-30 and add an appropriate image to it. Then develop your choice into an extended analogy. (See also the guidelines that follow.) 1. Music as a drug 2. Prejudice as a wall 3. Human metabolism as fire 4. A career as a mountain…

  • Comparison and Contrast

    Compare and/or contrast one of the following pairs. (See also the guidelines that follow.) 1. A newborn and an elderly person 2. Front-wheel-drive and rear-wheel-drive cars 3. The newspaper and the TV newcast 4. Cats and dogs 5. Renting and owning your home 6. Using credit and using cash 7. Touring bikes and mountain bikes…

  • Cause and Effect

    Analyze the cause(s) and/or effect(s) of one of the following. (See also the guidelines that follow.) 1. Marrying as a teenager 2. Use of steroids in sports 3. The high price of housing 4. Being adopted 5. Being a twin 6. Being the oldest, youngest, or middle child of a family 7. Use of the…

  • Description

    Describe one of the following as vividly as you can. 1. The crowd at a rock concert 2. Cottage country in autumn 3. The kitchen of a fast-food restaurant 4. Your favourite painting or sculpture 5. A factory assembly line 6. A polluted river or lake 7. A building that you love or detest 8.…

  • Example

    If one of these traditional or popular sayings expresses an important lesson you have learned about life, illustrate it in an essay developed through extensive use of example. (See also the guidelines that follow.) 1. Experience is the best teacher. 2. Money cannot buy happiness. 3. The best defence is a good offence. 4. You…

  • Narration

    WRITING ABOUT MYSELF Choose one of these topics as the basis of a narrative about yourself. Tell a good story: give colourful details and all the facts needed to help your reader understand and appreciate the event. (See also the guidelines that follow.) 1. My traffic accident 2. The day I learned to be honest…