Strategies for Increasing Essay Length

Strategies for Increasing Essay Length

• The length of an academic essay can be lengthened by systematically replacing concise words and common transitions with expanded, descriptive multi-word phrases.

Direct Word and Phrase Substitutions

• Replacing Causal Terms:

  • Substitute the word because with the expanded phrase the particular reason for the circumstance.

• Replacing Demonstrative and Analytical Phrases:

  • Substitute the phrase this means with this actively demonstrates that.

• Replacing Concluding Transitions:

  • Substitute the phrase in conclusion with to sum of everything that's been stated so far.

• Replacing Purpose Prepositions:

  • Substitute the word for with the expanded phrase for the exact purpose of.

• Replacing Comparative Terms:

  • Substitute the word like with the phrase along the lines of.