How to make an essay appear longer?

[U are a noob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt3ac0inzbM

Post your tricks on how you make your essay appear longer.

 

[ElderKingpin]

i dont think people are looking for length, its more of the content ._.

 

[U are a noob]

i dont think people are looking for length, its more of the content ._.

You can have content and still be short. Papers usually have a length requirement.

 

[Rapmaster]

Then you get to the real world and your boss will tell you your document is too long and to cut it down to just the key points. But, a length requirement helps if you aren't sure how much detail you are supposed to be going into (and at least in high school, part of the purpose of writing long papers is just to practice writing and organizing your thoughts.)

 

[DDRtists]

Write it longer, then it will appear longer.

 

[Varine]

Write it longer, then it will appear longer.

Very true. I always felt that if I just used more words it magically seemed longer.

You can have content and still be short. Papers usually have a length requirement.

Not if your taking a more advanced class... except for history, they always made me write like four page essays in those. In English though, a lot of my essays were maybe a page and no one said a thing.

 

[Lobster]

triple space it and have likem 8 lines before the title and the text.

 

[Genkora]

Know what you are writing about. If you have little or no knowledge with your topic, research or pick another topic.

 

[ElderKingpin]

doesnt work for high schools where the paper is judged on how many words, and periods dont count xD (like mine)

 

[monoVertex]

At my high school, teachers grade you on how well you covered the topic, the length doesn't really matters, unless you only wrote like half of page, then it's pretty clear that you did not cover the entire topic.

My point is, usually, to cover all the required aspects, you need two pages or more. At least that's how it is with our essays.

 

[Wiseman_2]

When I did History my essays generally ended up two to three pages long. If I was short on time and subject matter, then I simply re-iterated my previous points, but worded very differently, to the point where they appeared to be two somewhat different points. I'm quite suprised it worked actually

Generally the essays where I had a ton of time were best. I need to take time to put my thoughts into appropiate words. Which is why I suck at exam essays, cursed time limits.

 

[UndeadDragon]

Use size 72 font?

 

[Ninva]

To be honest, I could've used this for my Western Civilization class. I was researching Druids, which wasn't as easy as I hoped. It took me forever to write the five page minimum.

 

[Samael88]

My former teachers had such page requirements as well when I started school, but when I got past 9th grade they changed it to word requirements instead
example: write an essay of 500-1000words.
That kind of makes that video redundant at my old school

And it looks so awfull with all that space between the lines. Even tho it helps the teachers when they correct the essay later on

 

[Varine]

I had page requirements for like a year... well it was changed to word requirements because they didn't state the size of paper required, and then I somehow got placed into college classes for English-related courses and after that it was like 'If you really want me to give you a requirement I would prefer it's over half a page and has to have all of the paragraphs.'

 

[Weegee]

lol... the tricks people use to make their essays longer

 

[Tru_Power22]

Use a font size like this. It not only makes you look cool, but your paper will be longer.


Seriously though. Wright your damn paper. Your going to get a much better mark that way.

 

[Seb!]

Use longer quotes to emphasize your points. Also, make sure it's double-spaced.

 

[Bloodcount]

"make new paragraphs use more space between words. example


Lol"

get the picture ?

 

[UndeadDragon]

Put quotations on a seperate line.