EssayTools

Essay title generator

Describe your essay and get eight title ideas: colon titles, questions and straightforward academic titles.

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AI drafts can be wrong. Check facts, add your own sources, and follow your school's rules on AI use.

Your result will appear here on index cards you can copy.

Three title formulas that work

  • Catchy phrase: descriptive subtitle. Likes and Votes: How Social Media Reshaped Political Campaigns
  • A question your essay answers. Does Homework Help Primary School Students Learn?
  • Plain and descriptive, common in science. The Effect of Sleep Duration on Memory in Adolescents

Formatting your title

APA 7 and MLA 9 both use title case, centred, without bold, underlining or a full stop (APA bolds the title on the title page). Italicise titles of books or films inside your title, and put titles of articles or poems in quotation marks.

Questions students ask

Should an essay title be a question?

It can be, especially for argumentative essays. Make sure the essay clearly answers it.

When should I choose the title?

Last. Once the essay is written you know exactly what it argues, which makes the title easier and more accurate.