Short essay examples

Short Essays

Are large or small classes best for language learning?
363 words
Are ‘national awareness days’ effective?
333 words
Are environmental problems best solved through technology or living simpler lives?
346 words
Are families less close than they used to be?
446 words
Are intelligent friends better than humorous friends?
262 words
Can young people be leaders?
325 words
Do advertisements reduce individuality?
301 words
Does peer pressure make people buy products they don’t need?
644 words
Has the increase of women in the work force had an adverse effect on children at home?
790 words
How important is it to think about the future?
334 words
How is a reduction in face-to-face contact affecting society?
398 words
Is economic development beneficial?
358 words
Is it right for governments to use taxation as a form of population control?
648 words
Is it right that celebrities endorse charities?
298 words
Is job satisfaction more important than job security?
470 words
Is pollution a necessary part of development?
334 words
Is technology damaging young people’s literacy skills?
433 words
Should children always obey rules in class?
324 words
Should companies have gender quotas?
352 words
Should compulsary retirement be introduced in order to ease youth unemployment?
379 words
Should food advertising be banned in an effort to reduce overeating?
376 words
Should schools encourage arts and sciences equally?
299 words
Should state money be spent on celebratory events?
424 words
Should students primarily concentrate on subjects that will help them get a job?
375 words
Should the government subsidise artists?
328 words
Should unhealthy food be banned?
360 words
Should universities have quotas?
328 words
What are the positive and negative effects of internationally mixed cultures?
384 words
What can be done to make people feel safer?
240 words
What can be done to reduce anti-social behaviour?
402 words