Argumentative Essay Brainstorming

Step One: Listing

Make a list of topics that you may want to write your argumentative essay about. These need to be topics that you can write about without looking at the Internet for ideas.

• Are we too dependent on computers?
• Is homework harmful or helpful?
•  Should you force studying and education on your child?
• Should there be a limit on how many children a family can have?
•  Is the cost of college too high?

Step Two: Brainstorming

choose one of my topics or your own. Write your topic on the chart. Then write 3 arguments that support your topic. In the second column, Look at the list of topics in Step One. Choose one topic that you would like to write about. Choose a topic that you know a lot about.  You can write two opposing views.

Topic: Are we too dependent on computers?
Write Three Arguments to Support Your Topic	Write Two View that Oppose Your Topic