Easy Tricks To Make Your Final Paper Longer

May 26, 2012 6:00 pm     Posted in College, Homepage Exclusive, Reality  Caitlin Corsetti g+ page


By Caitlin Corsetti

The end of the semester is the worst for papers, especially in the spring. All you want to do is lay out by the pool with your friends and sip on something fruity, not sit inside on your computer typing out some analysis about something that you didn’t actually read. And even if you did read whatever it is you’re writing about, sometimes you just don’t have the energy to make more of an argument. Sometimes you run out of things to say. So what should you do when you need another half page or so, and you can’t.get.any.more.out? Don’t worry. We’ve got you covered!

Here are some easy tricks (and subtle) to make your final paper longer…

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    Caitlin is a senior at the University of Alabama who has an obsession with cupcakes, coffee, and Harry Potter. She always has random fun facts on reserve and aspires to be a professional blogger, social media bug, and/or James Franco’s assistant. Follow her fabulous life @caitlincorsetti. You’re welcome!

    10 Comments on "Easy Tricks To Make Your Final Paper Longer"

    1. niamh says:
      Sat, 26th May 20126:15 pm 

      my university measures by word count, not page count, so most of these are pointless…
      actually, i do what i can to make my work look shorter- so it doesn't cost so much to print!

    2. Katie Garrity - North Central College says:
      Sat, 26th May 20127:19 pm 

      I have used every single one of these. Americuh.

    3. Jenna says:
      Sun, 27th May 201212:58 am 

      My school measures by word count too, you definitely can't fudge it.

    4. troll says:
      Sun, 27th May 20121:20 am 

      advocating cheating with those first two–WOOHOO!

    5. Abby says:
      Sun, 27th May 20125:26 am 

      Well not using abbreviations does add quite a few extra words to ones word count if you are not graded by length.
      http://www.onestilettoatatime.com

    6. Kay says:
      Sun, 27th May 20122:25 pm 

      If there are any, ANY unusual terms, make sure to define them and reference the definition. It adds length, words, AND profs eat it up.

    7. Kay says:
      Mon, 28th May 20121:08 pm 

      My university countered these cheats by providing rules about margins, text/punctuation font size, paragraph breaks, etc. At the end of the day, attempting to beef up your paper with these cheats will not get you a better grade. Professors can sniff out bullshit pretty easily. You'd do better to just write a better paper.

    8. Common.Sense.FTW says:
      Tue, 29th May 20127:26 pm 

      Yeah, this won’t work in science papers. In a science paper, you’re judged by content alone, not prose.

    9. Christi says:
      Fri, 8th Jun 201212:15 pm 

      Amen!

    10. JamC says:
      Wed, 18th Jul 201212:55 pm 

      This is just grounds for trouble. It may work at a small college, but most of the time, the page count requirement is small anyway. When it counts, just beef up your content with real thoughts and don't try to skip over the hard stuff.

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