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Some Essay TopicsSome Essay TopicsNarrationNarrationEx:Ex: "My uncle was a Vietnam War veteran who "My uncle was a Vietnam War veteran who died in the war; I would like to see the died in the war; I would like to see the Memorial." Memorial." DescriptionDescriptionEx:Ex: "I would visit the FDR Memorial to see the "I would visit the FDR Memorial to see the cascading waterfalls, the bold engravings, and cascading waterfalls, the bold engravings, and the amazing sculptures." the amazing sculptures." ProcessProcessEx:Ex: "To decide on what to visit, I would first buy "To decide on what to visit, I would first buy a guide to the Washington D.C. area; I would a guide to the Washington D.C. area; I would mark the pages for the places I would like to mark the pages for the places I would like to visit. Next, I would research them further on the visit. Next, I would research them further on the Internet before making my final decisions." Internet before making my final decisions."

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Some More Essay TopicsSome More Essay TopicsDefinitionDefinitionEx:Ex: "The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is less "The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is less museum and more memorial, as evidenced by its museum and more memorial, as evidenced by its dedication to the memory of all the innocents who were dedication to the memory of all the innocents who were killed in Nazi Germany's attempt to create a "pure" killed in Nazi Germany's attempt to create a "pure" race." race." Division / ClassificationDivision / Classification (as explained in Silva (as explained in Silva Rhetoricae) This "topic is very closely related to the Rhetoricae) This "topic is very closely related to the topic of topic of DefinitionDefinition, but differs in that it is not attempting , but differs in that it is not attempting to classify something by placing it as a species within a to classify something by placing it as a species within a genus." This topic focuses on "describing a whole and its genus." This topic focuses on "describing a whole and its constituent parts, or the parts that make up a whole."constituent parts, or the parts that make up a whole."Ex:Ex: "The Museum of Natural History is the best museum "The Museum of Natural History is the best museum to visit because it has sections dedicated to Dinosaurs, to visit because it has sections dedicated to Dinosaurs, a whole new area for Mammals with lots of stuffed a whole new area for Mammals with lots of stuffed examples, and has the best cafeteria in the entire examples, and has the best cafeteria in the entire Smithsonian system." Smithsonian system."

Even More Essay TopicsEven More Essay TopicsCompare / ContrastCompare / ContrastEx: Ex: "The Lincoln Memorial's Greek style is less "The Lincoln Memorial's Greek style is less appealing to me than the garden feeling appealing to me than the garden feeling inspired by the FDR Memorial, with its open inspired by the FDR Memorial, with its open style and rushing water." style and rushing water." Cause and EffectCause and EffectEx:Ex: "I want to visit the Vietnam War Memorial "I want to visit the Vietnam War Memorial because it was built as both a monument to because it was built as both a monument to the soldiers' sacrifice as well as a testament to the soldiers' sacrifice as well as a testament to the severe cost of the war, reflecting without the severe cost of the war, reflecting without bias the bias the tensionstensions surrounding the conflict in surrounding the conflict in an effort to bring reconciliation and healing." an effort to bring reconciliation and healing."

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