There are a ton of ways to get topics. Your interests Textbooks Newspapers Television shows RULE #1: Always try to pick a topic that YOU are interested in!.

Pick a topic that meets the requirements of the assignment. For example, Amber has to do a 10-minute persuasive speech. Since she has ten minutes, her topic needs to be narrow enough to cover in that amount of time. Mizael needs to pick a topic for a 5-8 page paper. He will need a topic broad enough to write at least five pages of information

Last semester, Amber read about the Record Industry suing students for downloading music. Since this is a broad topic she decides to cover just the legal issues.

One of Mizael's friends got in trouble for underage drinking so he is going to do his paper on college students and drinking. He is going to focus on the effects of alcohol advertising on college students drinking.

Take a look at some other topics used by students at CSULB and other ways develop your topic.