Once you have your research essay topic in mind, you can put it in terms of a question you'd like to explore or an argument for a particular point-of-view you'd like to convey to your readers.
Then look at the key words/phrases in your topic and brainstorm a few synonyms or other terms related to those concepts. You can use these "keywords" to help you formulate a search to find articles, books web sites on your topic.
These web sites (thesauri) will help you find synonyms for your topics.
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