Stop biting on your nails and trying to come up with topics for persuasive essay. Whether it is your first experience in argumentative essay writing, or you are looking for fresh ideas, we offer you a list of top 50 suggestions for your argumentative essay topic. Enjoy and good luck! • Should animals be used for scientific researches? • Do we need prisons? • Should the death penalty be mandatory for all murderers, or just for those who manage to kill people even when staying in a prison? • Do we have the right to exhume bodies of prominent people and move them from one place to another? • Shouldn’t Russians finally bury Lenin? • Better naked, than in furs? • Was Saddam Hussein’s execution an essential point in establishing democracy in Iraq? • Should men be allowed to have more than one wife? • Plastic surgeries: a way to become more beautiful, or someone’s unhealthy idea? • In some Asian countries cutting off thief’s right hand is still commonly practiced. Do you think this is the best way out? • Talk about major issues (sex, abortion, Iraq, Vietnam, marijuana, etc). • Say why talking about main issues (sex, abortion, Iraq, Vietnam, marijuana, etc) all the time not only lessens their importance, but even evokes irritation. • Why atheists have to be tolerant to religion, while religious people are not tolerant to atheists? • Was the “sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll” era significant, or not? • Prove that bagels with free sour cream stimulate brain activity. • A maniac killed 15 little girls and was sentenced to death. One of the local TV stations was asked by the parents of victims to show his execution. The channel gave its agreement, but the translation was later cancelled. Give your opinion on this situation. • Vegetarians vs. Meateaters. Whose side are you on? No fence-sitting, please. • Why talking about sex is okay, and talking about cheating is embarrassing? • Do you agree that there is art for the masses, and elite culture? How do you feel about being “the mass”? • If you are not in “the mass”, what do you think about The Black Square by Kazimir Malevich? • Do you want to have a cosmetic surgery? • Is it important to talk openly about the contraception? • Which country has the prettiest girls? • Prove that blondes are actually smart. • An image of USA has become negative. Do you agree with this statement? • There is an opinion that DAEWOO’s are not cars at all. Are they? • What do you think about gay marriages? • Why driving is permitted from the age of 16, and gambling – from the age of 21? • Is it helpful being skeptical? • What do you think about the negative public opinion on thongs and bra straps? • Your friend is concerned about his/her grades. Even though they are good, he/she still stays awake for half of the night getting the assignments and extra credit work ready. Convince your friend that wearing him/herself out is not the best idea. • When you moved to this town, it was relatively small. Now that it’s expanding, your parents consider moving to a calmer place. You, however, have friends here that you don’t want to live. Talk to your parents about the necessity of staying. • A friend of yours, a skinny girl, thinks that she needs to lose a few pounds. Tell her why losing more weight will only damage her health. • Your friend is failing his finals. If he doesn’t pass, he’ll be expelled from the university. You know that studying means a lot to him/her, but he/she’s feeling depressed and doesn’t want to do anything. Renew his/her faith into himself by persuading him/her to study. • As a result of political instabilities, a local political organization reacts severely to the acts of the government. It plans to throw an act of protest. You know that this party is dangerous. Your friend, however, is inspired and wants to join. Tell him about possible consequences of getting into something that is not trustworthy. Choose another persuasive essay topic from the list: • Your Mom is not happy with an outfit/make up that you are wearing for a school dance. Try to calm her down. • You think that school uniform destroys you as an individual. Write a persuasive letter to your principal. • You are tired of news on TV. They all tell you about the number of victims in Middle East. Tell why it is unethical for journalists to make money on deaths and war. • Cheating and lying can sometimes be helpful. Convince your readers by giving bright examples. • Think and prove that living in a big city is better than living in a small town (and vice versa). • Convince your parents to buy you something. More persuasive essays topics: • Your friends want to go dancing; however, all this week you’ve been thinking about bowling. Try to persuade them to go to a bowling club. • You share a room with a younger sister. She has put a poster of Nick Cave onto the wall, and now you feel like an absolutely humiliated person. Tell her why this poster has to be taken off. • Take any common fallacy (like the one that wolves attack people all the time), and prove why it is wrong. • You have your own point of view on marriage and family. Convince your readers why it is correct. • You want to go and study abroad, but there are a number of reasons why you should take someone with you. Persuade a friend of yours that Italy is just the right place for both of you. And some more persuasive essay topics: • Your little sister doesn’t want to help you and your Mom around the house. Give her reasons why she has to do it. • The book you’ve just finished is absolutely fantastic. Explain to your family member/friend why it is so good. Try to persuade him/her to read it, too. • A history teacher thinks that showing the movie Pearl Harbor will be just enough to cover the material on the World War II. Prove that you are eager to know more than this, and how the lack of important information can result on your future. • Tell why it is important to know more than one foreign language.