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How To Get Ideas For Your Essay

By Exforsys | on July 6, 2006 |
Essay Writing

How To Get Ideas For Your Essay

When you are in college or high school, you will generally be given a topic to write an essay about. However, your instructor may require you to come with your own ideas for an essay topic. While it may be easy for some people to come up with ideas, it can be very challenging for others.

Because of this, there are a number of things you can use to develop ideas for your essays. One of the things you can use are photographs or images. For many people, photographs can be great tools which will give them ideas.

You can enhance your skills as a writer by coming up with topics that you wouldn’t normally think about. The first thing you will want to do is find a photograph of something that inspires you. It can be from a magazine or book, or it can be an image you printed off the internet. Because this is being done to enhance your essay writing skills, it should be a photograph of something you’re familiar with. Once you have the photograph you want, you will want to spend about ten minutes freewriting about it. To be precise, you may want to set an alarm. The purpose of using the photograph is to give you ideas for your essay.

For example, if you have a photograph of a woman smoking a cigarette, this could inspire you to write an essay about the importance of not smoking. You could explain the effect that smoking has on your body, and you could also talk about the tobacco companies and how they use alluring ads to get people to smoke. From just this one photograph, there are a number of different directions you can go in. It is not necessary to explain what the picture is about in your essay. Your goal is to use the photograph to come up with ideas. If you have ever heard someone say that "a picture is worth a thousand words," this exercise should be easy for you to understand.

It is important not to place too much emphasis on the photgraph. It should only be used as a starting point. You will find that by using a photograph, you will be able to brainstorm ideas that would have otherwise been difficult to come up with. This exercise can be done alone or in a group. If you are working with a group, you will want to share your ideas with them. If you are working alone, you can start by opening up a magazine. Flip through the pages to find photographs that interest you. On the internet, it is easy to find images. However, using a random image can allow you to come up with ideas that you normally wouldn’t consider.

The purpose of this exercise is for you to come up with unique ideas for your essay. The only problem with using the internet is that you may be inclined to search for photographs you’re interested in rather than photographs that are truly random. You won’t become a better writer by writing about things you’re already familiar with. You will become a better writer by expanding your horizons and writing about entirely new topics. For this exercise, there are a few things you will need. A photograph or picture from a magazine is important. You will also need a piece of paper and a pen.

There is virtually no limit to the different number of ideas you can come up with by looking at an image. Photographs have always been used to tell a story, or illustrate something. One of the biggest problems faced by aspiring writers is the inability to come up with ideas. A lack of ideas is what often contributes to writer’s block. If you are having problems coming up with an idea, find a photo you like and spend a few minutes looking at it. By getting the image in you mind, you will be able to come up with good essay ideas.



For example, if your history teacher wants you to write an essay about something related to the Roman empire, you could find photos of things related to ancient rome. Photos of coins may inspire you to write about the currency in ancient Rome, while a photo of ancient Roman ruins may inspire you to write about ancient Roman architecture.

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