The document provides guidance on developing essay topics by focusing on different structures such as cause and effect, problem and solution, and comparison. It encourages choosing topics related to people, events, places, and controversies. The document also offers tips for developing topics such as presearching, formulating a question, and conducting research. Sources and citations are mentioned as important components.
2. Irish flag by DehMadLad1CC (BY-SA)
Map of Ireland source:Wikimedia Commons
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4. • Cause - Why?
• Effect, consequence
• Problem - solution
• Comparison, pros and cons
• Evolution, development
Photo: A wild question by
Raymond Bryson CC (BY)
5. Bloody Sunday
“Firstly I am going to explain what happened and try to figure out why it
happened. Secondly, what consequences followed after this tragic event. I
have narrowed this part down to looking at how this event affected the
tensions between the Irish, for example the IRA and England.”
Slavery – now and then
“What are the differences between slavery now and then?”
The People’s Republic of China
“My aim is to give an objective picture of China and Chinese society today.”
6. What were the causes and the effects
of the Easter Rising?
Photo:Wikimedia Commons
Photo:Wikimedia Commons
7. Photo:Vägvisare by Susanne Nilsson CC (BY-SA)
• People
• Events
• Places…
• Controversies
• Vocabulary
• Sources of sources
