These are sample topics only so please feel free to use your
own ideas. Answers previously used in other classes are not to be used.

1. We should eliminate personal income tax in the United
States.

2. The internet should be free.

3. Voter fraud is a serious problem.

4. The Magic 8ball toy can accurately predict the future.

If you choose the first or second topic, you will probably
find your argument takes an inductive form, and your writing will need to
follow an inductive format, building from specific evidence toward the
generalization that you may have taken as the topic. This doesn’t mean that you
save your thesis for the end. Note that the essay based on inductive reasoning
by Matthew Miller states its conclusion in the title “Cast Men Out of the
Polling Places” and in the first paragraph.

For topics three and four, you will work deductively,
starting with the generalization. Try to prove it with specific evidence.

For this response, you are to either affirm or oppose the
topic statement; and as you write, you will present the information in what may
turn out to be similar to a five-paragraph essay format. You will need an
introduction and a conclusion as well as three body paragraphs. At the end of
your response, be sure to provide a reference list, containing all the
information about your sources that APA style requires.

As you write this short answer, remember to go through all
parts of the writing process. In the planning stage, think about whom your
audience is and how you should approach them and how you can present a clearly
defined topic and a body of succinct, convincing information gleaned from your
personal experiences and your sources.