40 Topic Suggestions: Description

1. a waiting room
2. a basketball, baseball glove, or tennis racket
3. a smartphone
4. a treasured belonging
5. a laptop computer
6. a favorite restaurant
7. your dream house
8. your ideal roommate
9. a closet
10.your memory of a place that you visited as a child 
11. a locker
12. an accident scene
13. a city bus or subway train
14. an unusual room
15. a child's secret hiding place
16. a bowl of fruit
17. an item left too long in your refrigerator
18.backstage during a play or a concert
19. a vase of flowers
20. a rest room in a service station 
21. a street that leads to your home or school
22. your favorite food

1. the inside of a spaceship

2. the scene at a concert or athletic event
3. an art exhibit
4. an ideal apartment
5. your old neighborhood
6. a small town cemetery
7. a pizza
8. a pet 
9. a photograph
10.a hospital emergency room
11. a particular friend or family member
12. a painting
13. a storefront window
14. an inspiring view
15. a work table
16. a character from a book, movie, or television program

1. a refrigerator or washing machine

2. a Halloween costume
50 Descriptive Essay Topics
Make your reader see, smell, hear and feel with these
inspirational descriptive essay topics! We’ve collected 50
descriptive essay topics to sprout some flowery language. Our
essay topics are designed to spark creative thinking and can be
modified for students in elementary, middle and high school. They
are grouped by topic for easy student and teacher reference. Feel
free to print the entire list for plenty of inspiration for your next
descriptive essay assignment!

Place Essay Topics

1. Describe your favorite place.
2. Describe your ideal bedroom.
3. Describe the house in which you grew up.
4. Describe what the first house on the moon would look like.
5. Describe some of your favorite places in your hometown.
6. Describe a peaceful place that you’ve visited.
7. Describe a place that exists only in your imagination.
8. Describe a friend’s or family member’s house where you
enjoy spending time.
9. Describe your perfect fantasy vacation destination.
10. Describe your favorite store.
11. Describe your favorite teacher’s classroom.
12. Describe a museum that you’ve visited recently.
13. Describe a place you have dreamed about that doesn’t
exist in real life.
14. Describe a place where your pet likes spending time.
15. Describe an outdoor place that you know well.

People Essay Topics

1. Describe your favorite person.
2. Describe each of your family members.
3. Describe a famous person that you would like to meet.
4. Describe one of your friends.
 5. Describe one aspect of someone that you like (for example:
laugh, style of dress, words that the person likes to use, etc.)
6. Describe yourself to someone who has never met you.
7. Describe the average human to an alien who has never
before seen a person.
8. Describe your pet.
9. Look at some old family photos and describe an older family
member as he or she was when at your age.
10. Describe someone whom you miss.

Object Essay Topics

1. Describe an object that is special to you.
2. Give a tour of one room in your house by describing the most
important objects in that room.
3. Describe one of your favorite outfits.
4. Describe your favorite toy as a child.
5. Describe how you get around (for example: a bicycle,
skateboard, sneakers, your parents’ car, the school bus).
6. Describe your favorite piece of furniture where you like to
spend time and relax.
7. Describe something that you would bury in a time capsule to
tell people about what life is like today.
8. Describe an object that has been in your family for a long
time.
9. Choose a piece of food to eat; then, write a description of it
that includes the way it looks, smells and tastes.
10. Describe a smartphone to a time traveler from the
1900s.

Memories Essay Topics

1. Describe your oldest memory.
2. Describe your best summer vacation.
3. Describe a memorable concert you attended.
4. Describe a memorable trip you took.
5. Describe a special time that you and your family had
together.
6. Describe the first time you met one of your friends.
7. Describe a time you met someone famous.
8. Describe one of your happiest memories.
9. Describe one of your saddest memories.
10. Describe a time that you felt scared.
11. Describe a time that you felt excited.
12. Describe a time that something totally unexpected
happened.
13. Describe a memory of someone whom you miss.
14. Describe one of your most memorable first days of
school.
15. Describe one of your most embarrassing moments.