Write Great Essays Using These 5 Techniques

Recently updated on September 12th, 2023 at 09:08 am

There are a few ways we can go about defining what an essay is. My preferred definition is that an essay is a piece of writing normally told from one’s own unique perspective and knowledge to inform or induce.

Judging from its definition, essays can either be expository in nature or argumentative, narrative, or descriptive. There are more types but as far as this article is concerned, we won’t be focusing on any specific type.

The structure of these essays includes an introduction that is about your topic and a thesis statement. A body that harbors your thesis, and a fine conclusion that summarizes your main points. The structuring is easy to follow as every essay type is based on it.  

Despite this basic knowledge of essay writing, not everyone can write good or even average essays. This is primarily due to their struggles to express themselves or their lack of critical thinking skills which essays help nourish. 

With that in mind and my lifelong experience of writing essays, we will discuss five techniques that will help you write great essays for your educational needs and beyond.

5 Ways of Crafting Sublime Essays

Here are the 5 methods to create comprehensive essays:

1. Creating Outlines with Chat GPT

If you’re going to write essays on any topic, it is generally good practice to write their outlines so you’re not lost for words. Outlines form an essential framework for you to base your essays on.

You can by all means craft a personalized outline yourself if you’re an authority on a subject. But if you’re struggling to come up with any meaningful points or suffering from writer’s block, you can get help from AI.

AI is all the buzz these days with OpenAI’s Chat GPT leading the talks and for a good reason. Sam Altman’s company released Chat GPT for public use in November last year and hasn’t looked back since.

This proprietary technology can do just about anything you ask it to including crafting outlines for the topics you provide it as shown below. Not only did it come up with brilliant points that I probably would’ve overlooked but it did so in a dramatically instant manner.

Use the prompts I used above to get the results. Chat GPT is only getting better with time meaning the quality of its results will improve even further if you can even comprehend it.

2. Engaging Introduction and Strong Thesis Statement Through Summarizer

The introduction lays the foundation of what your essay is going to be like and what readers can expect from it. It’s your job to catch a reader’s attention by giving them concise information on the topic you’re building an argument for.

Introduction is your canvas to express yourself as the rest of the essay will be a bit more rigid in its narrative. This is your chance to shine by writing something classy or unique and you can cap it off with a good thesis statement.  

A thesis statement summarizes the main point of your essay in a single sentence and that is no small task. If you’ve written in any capacity you’ll know how hard it is to summarize the whole thing into a single paragraph let alone one single sentence.  

I’ve personally given up on creating thesis statements on my own. It takes too much brain juice when my schedule is already pretty full. I use the services of online tools to save me time writing good thesis statements in particular, I enjoy using summarizer.org.

You can use this state-of-the-art AI summarizer, to craft the best thesis statement possible. It has a best line mode which as the name implies, picks the best line from the entire essay, worthy of a great thesis statement. 

You can also use this tool to summarize the main points in your essay for a ready-made conclusion. Dividing the summarized work into bullet points is a good way to keep track of the best points that you intend to keep. 

3. Developing Coherent Arguments For Your Case

Whichever type of essay you’re writing, you’ll always need a thesis. A thesis presents your case and without it, your argument will fall flat. Developing arguments via thesis and backing them with evidence will differ for different kinds of essays.

Some will require you to present arguments with hard facts and evidence where personal feelings and emotions may not apply. Some allow a little relaxation on the evidence front where you can persuade readers to your cause with strong emotions and some straight-up don’t require any proof at all.

That being said, however, people generally tend to trust claims backed with solid evidence but that also depends on your topic of essay. Something unquantifiable such as feelings is a bit tricky to back with 100% scientific evidence. It’s up to you to present the type of argument that is coherent and will sway readers to your cause.

The use of words like “Is, does, should” is key to framing your arguments in a manner that allows both sides to prevail. For example, if I were to say “Should you let your toddlers have open access to mobile phones?” I would need to research this matter. I would need to conduct research for and against this claim to determine its validity.

4. Draft Rewrites With Article Rewriter and Fitting Conclusion

Your conclusion is where you want to end on a high note having satisfied any and all burning points with no doubts left in the reader’s minds. For this, you show how it started, the results achieved, and why they’re important. All this is done in a single paragraph.

With these conditions satisfied, your essay is complete for the first draft. Oh, you thought this would be over with once you write everything that comes to your mind down? Well, there’s always room for improvement hence, why we write multiple drafts for essays.

The way how this works is that you write rough drafts at the start. You keep improving on them until you reach the final draft that you submit. Before reaching that final draft, you need to smoothen the rough edges. 

Your initial drafts will have lots of grammar errors, questionable choice of words, spelling mistakes, etc. You could take on this task head-on to fix all those mistakes by yourself or you may use any number of online tools to aid you.

One such tool that will support you with drafts is articlerewriter.net. Its AI modes not only rewrite your drafts but also retains their original sense. Meaning your original ideas are still there, they’re just polished for a better overall presentation.

The word changer and sentence changer modes allow you to shape your drafts to polished perfection however you like it. Use this tool to improve the readability, writing, and vocabulary of your drafts.

5. Confirming Unique Content in EditPad’s Plagiarism Checker

You’ve done it. You’ve reached the finish line with one last hurdle to cross and it’s a big one. The essay you’ve written may or may not be flagged for plagiarism upon checking. Now that’s a risk if your evidence includes research work by someone else that wasn’t cited.

It may even show plagiarism for texts other than the research included. Some sentences/phrases are just that common. How you check for plagiarism matters a lot. Manual checking is an option but should be saved as a final resort.

In moments of crisis like these, you should turn to online plagiarism checkers. An ideal checker would surely provide accurate results in no time and disclose matched sources too like EditPad’s Plagiarism Checker.

It’s an ideal plagiarism detector that excels at everything the dedicated plagiarism checkers should like 1000 word count limit for free users. Some have the gall to only offer a 500-700 word count. It includes a similarity score which is easier to understand and it gives a head count of the unique words and sentences included in your text in question.

Far and away its best feature is the option to make the plagiarized content unique. Utilize this tool to detect plagiarism so the effort you’ve put into writing the essay stays credible and your work is unique.

Concluding Remarks

The internet cannot seem to agree on how many types of essays are there. Some say 5, some say 4, others say 7, some faithful say 10, and some psychopaths say there are 15 types. It’s all there for everyone to see with a simple “Essay writing types” Google search.

Regardless, all essays share some similarities and my job was to demonstrate effective techniques for quality essay writing irrespective of type. Your thesis statement and how everything pans out in your drafts and plagiarism detectors will determine how great your essay is. Make good use of the techniques I listed and never compromise on quality.