"take a topic" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It is typically used when discussing the action of selecting or choosing a subject to discuss or write about. Example: "In order to write a successful essay, it is important to carefully take a topic that interests you and that has enough relevant information available."
"They have the magic touch, where they can take a topic and turn it into a T-shirt slogan, yet not lose touch with the issue," said Ben Popken, one of the managing editors of Consumerist.com, a Web site specializing in consumer advocacy and personal finance.
"What we decided to do is take a topic that I think will be a big job field in a short amount of time, and convey those skills," Thrun said.
Branch has implemented a subtle and clever twist on Quora's formula for content generation and quality controls by employing an "invite-to-thread" model for each "branch" (many of which are prompted by questions), as well as allowing users to create new "branches" by forking discussions when users want to take a topic elsewhere.
It was amazing to take a topic that usually makes people tune out and deliver a message in an entertaining way.
While it might seem easy to take a topic like sea-level rise and present it to a 6th grade marine biology class at a Title 1 middle school, it is not.
"The Marriage Plot" Roxane Gay, New York Times Leave it to Gay to take a topic as seemingly unimportant as "The Bachelor" franchise, and make a point so beautiful and compelling that we had to include this essay on our list.
"The Interrupters" takes a topic usually addressed on the opinion pages or the evening news, and opens it up.
"It takes a topic of work, introduces it and gives a written description and perhaps an animation and some drag and drop exercises," she says.
The film, dealing with a father and son rivalry in the Talmud department at Hebrew University, succeeds in taking a topic that seems to be timid and completely noncinematic and turns it into a movie that is wild, creative and at the same time obsessively precise.
It may be easier to take a specific topic within the chosen topic and extrapolate.
For topics that really interest you, take a smaller topic that particularly stands out to you.
