Successful persuasive essays demonstrates that the position that the writer takes within the essay is superior to that of another writer or an alternative viewpoint. Persuasive essay ideas therefore need to forceful and also amenable to a large collection of various evidentiary sources. Essays in persuasion tends to excel when they choose controversial subject matter and argue unconventional points of view. If you have been assigned an essay in persuasion, consider the following list of ideas for some inspiration:

Write a persuasive essay on the subject of politics:

• Convince your reader that communism is the political system of the future. Point to the failures in modern communism and outline the ways that communism will save the world.
• Convince your reader that the feudal system is the political system of the future. Point to the failures in modern capitalism and communism, and outline the ways that the feudal system will save the world.
• Convince your reader that anarchy is the political system of the future. Point to the failures in modern capitalism and communism and outline the ways that anarchy will save the world.
  

Write a persuasive essay on the subject of the environment:

• Write one or more persuasive essays about why global warming is a fake. Deconstruct the arguments of one or more scientists to make your point.
• Write a paper about the damage done by Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth and show how its scientific basis is flawed and hysterical. Persuasive essays typically depend on reputable sources of evidence, so make sure that your critique is grounded in viable scientific data.
• Write a paper about the power of science to solve the problems caused by global warming.

Write one or more persuasive essays about the problem of overpopulation in the world:

• Use evidence from reputable scientific sources such as Scientific American or peer-reviewed science journals such as PLoS ONE to show that humans need to stop reproducing immediately.
• Use evidence from reputable scientific sources such as Scientific American or peer-reviewed science journals such as PLoS ONE to show that the earth can support human life in excess of 10 billion.