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Sometimes, it's really hard to come up with ideas of topics to write or speak about for class. The New York Times can help.

301 Prompts for Argumentative Writing

By MICHAEL GONCHAR

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 1:50 PM February 5, 2015 1:50 pm

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"If anything ever published on The Learning Network could be said to have 'gone viral,' it is last February’s '200 Prompts for Argumentative Writing,' which we created to help teachers and students participate in our inaugural Student Editorial Contest.

Well, this year we’re back with the Second Annual Student Editorial Contest (get yours in by March 9!), and, to go with it, we’ve updated last year’s list with new questions and what we hope is more useful categorization."

Read on! Trust me, the prompts are really good.