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I'm writing an argumentative essay about the quotation "It is not uncommon to come across a hothead in our daily routine. Modern life has made us...

This is an interesting idea for an essay, and you've likely come up with some good examples, such as road rage, air rage, and online behavior that show that people tend to speak or act first and think afterward in today's world. Maybe an interesting title could play on the words "hot" and "cool." Some examples include "Keeping Your Cool," "Keeping a Cool Head," or "Staying Cool as a Cucumber." Some idioms, or common expressions, that you could use with the word "heat" or "hot" include "In the Heat of the Moment," "The Heat is On," or "Beat the Heat." The title "Beat the Heat" might work, as you are in part writing about how to stay cool in heated moments. If you are writing about situations such as road or air rage, you could use a title that involves an idiom with the word rage, such as "All the Rage" or "Fly into a Rage." A good way to think of titles is to use a word that is central to the idea of your essay, such as "heat," "cool," or "rage," and then search for idioms related to that word. 

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