Terms for subject General containing dissertation

French	English
il me faisait faire ses dissertations	he had me write his essays for him
il y a du bon dans votre dissertation	there are some good points in your essay
je vais vous lire le texte de la dissertation	I'll give you the essay question
le sujet de dissertation ne m'inspire guère!	the subject of the essay doesn't really fire my imagination!
on a eu droit à une dissertation sur la politesse	we were treated to a lecture on politeness
ses idées sont en vrac dans sa dissertation	the ideas are just jumbled together in his essay