When choosing a topic it is best to think about your passions! Is it music, art, sports, relationships, or politics? How do you spend your leisure time? What relationships are important to you? Are you religious? What is the purpose of your life? The topic should be thought provoking if you want to write about something interesting. Avoid descriptive, research based topics that are more like reports rather than essays where you are sharing your passions and feelings about a topic. Include the pro and cons and cite examples. Include what made you choose the topic and end with how important your topic is to you and society.
It is difficult to know how to help you with your question because you haven't said what topic you are thinking about.
The best advice I can give you is to take a position that you can support. Your...
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main idea is an argument for or against something in an argumentaiveessay. This means that after you state your argument in the introduction, the rest of the essay, until you get to the conclusion, should include points that will support the position you are taking.
What kinds of support do you need? You can support a position with examples, with statistics, with personal knowlege, or with expert opinon. I do not know if you are expected to do research to support your argument, but if you are expected to do so, make sure that you provide the sources that you use to support your position.
You are, of course, welcome to submit another question that gives us some idea what your topic might be.
Good luck to you.