Topic: There have been many significant inventions that changed the way people live their lives. What, in your opinion, is one significant invention. How did the invention benefit people by changing their lives to the better. This topic is not about the benefits of the invention. It is about people. It is about how people`s lives became different and better because of this invention. So avoid making the topic a discussion of the features or the benefits of the invention. Make it about changes in people`s lives. Discuss how people lived before and after the invention. Before the invention means at the point when the invention was made. Do not start at the beginning of time. There are some great inventions that do not fit the requirements of this essay, such as social media. Many people live their lives without using social media, but cannot live without electiricty, television, or the automobile, for example. Pay attention that the word `invention` does not mean a specific product. So you may discuss the invention of the automobile, but not the Ford Mustang, for example. In the introduction, introduce this invention and give a historical background about it. The thesis statement at the end of the introduction should contain the key words : the + name of the invention + changed the way people live in many ways. Each topic sentence should contain -the name of the invention- changed the way people (do shopping -for example).... Then you may discuss how this happened before the invention and how after the invention. Students who chose this topic wrote about the following inventions: The Internet (always capitalized), the computer, home appliances (collectively treated as one invention) the automobile, electricity, the printing press, the radio, the cell phone, television. Do not write about specialized topics and equipment that only experts are familiar with. Write for a general audience. Avoid writing about very old inventions such as the wheel, the boat, the alphabet, the spear, and so on. Choose an invention that is worthwhile to all people and that you can write and essay of 1,000 words about. Challenges of writing this essay: Pick a topic that you can write a whole essay about. In the past, a student picked the GPS, but did not have enough to write 1,000 words. Choose an invention that has many benefits, but on which you can write from common knowledge. Do not explain how it works or how it has developed. If you want to discuss those aspects, you may do so in the introduction only. Focus on the changes it created. Do not discuss sophisticated equipment. Keep it simple and write from everyday life experiences. Do not start at the beginning of time. Start with the name of the invention and give some background information about it. Avoid philosophizing and meditating on the topic. Choose an invention that has changed the way people live, not an invention that has a limited effect, no matter how great it can be. Do not discuss advantages and disadvantages. Do not focus on features. Think of the change the invention has brought to people`s lives through its benefits, but do not let the word `benefit` dominate the essay. This is an argumentative essay, so it has to argue one way only. You may address the counter arguments in some topics that may allow it. P.S. In all essays about a general topic, do not use the pronoun `we`. Keep the noun `people` and the pronoun `they.` Use the pronouns: I, we, only in personal topics. Do not use the pronoun "they" to refer to a singular noun.