Persuasive essay prompts are actually devices which can help you in almost every facet of literature and writing. Naturally, they can help you to craft better essays and research
papers, as well as term papers, theses, research proposals, and dissertations. They can also help you create solid yet interesting topics for your research papers et. al. There is no disputing those facts. However, they can also help in your personal writing. After all, in writing a poem, a short story, a book, you do have to persuade your readers to go along with the tale, do you not? Besides, personal writing does not always mean fiction; some of us may go on to write articles and essays in professional journals, to write anthologies, text books, examples of papers, et cetera.
Does it seem silly to think that persuasive essay prompts, those tools we are generally given in middle school and high school, to which we usually wave good bye as we move on to college? Not at all! We can never consider such writing aids silly. They were invaluable in your early academic years and they are invaluable now, even if you are no longer in school. Actually, using a prompt even when you have a case of writer’s block can help kick start your imagination, wake up your muse. Besides, we know well that they help in later academic writing – just think about persuasive research papers! Persuasive prompts are quite helpful in that area. Being able to persuade your readers to see things from your point of view, to see the value of your research, et cetera, can ultimately be beneficial for both your grade point average and your future.
At its heart, research paper writing is no more difficult than the smaller essays and papers you write in middle school and high school – even grade school, when three pages seemed like a lot. It is simply more detailed, it involves more work. Still, by the same token, even the persuasive prompts you had as a younger student can, even now, be shifted and crafted into interesting research paper topics. To demonstrate, take a look at the following sample persuasive essay prompts.
Sample 1: Your English teacher often plays classical music softly in the background while your class has free work time. The music is not particularly popular with you and your classmates. You would prefer to hear a different type of music. Write a letter to your English teacher, persuading him or her to play that music when the class has independent time.
That could actual translate into persuasive research papers which look into the idea that playing classical music, especially Mozart, for a child will make it more intelligent – with the writers persuading the readers whether or not that is actually true.
Sample 2: Your family has just moved to the United States from Brazil, and you are the only person in the family who knows how to speak English. Your parents do not feel the need to learn the language. Write a letter to them describing the benefits of learning English.
Persuasive essay prompts like this could lead to a discussion on the small controversy surrounding the prevalence of the Spanish language within the United States at all. Many people think other languages, on signs, in school, et cetera, are a matter of course, polite, respectful, and necessary. Others … well, they do not. The point is, you can easily see how prompts can translate into interesting research paper topics. Likewise, they will be tremendously beneficial as you continue on through school, up to college and graduate school, where research paper writing will be a huge part of the curriculum.