我来分享一个5分的AWA模板,用结构式作文的方式帮助大家掌握得分之钥。
不论是Issue、还是Argument,我都采用5段式作文,第一段是引言段,抄题目,
并提出立场或题目所犯的逻辑错误;第二、三、四段是主体段,每段提出一个
reason,并举一个example去support它;第五段是结论段,summarize主体段的
reasons,最後restate引言段的立场或逻辑错误。如此才能环环相扣、头尾呼应
、结构缜密。另外,关於Argument作文,我的心得是只要模板的句型结构可以套
用,通通打上去,不要管它究竟犯了几个逻辑错误,这是一个强迫取分的战术,
毕竟时间有限,要尽可能把模板套用上去,把文章塞满。实际考试的时候,先把
各段的模板打上去,把文章的骨架先弄出来,然後用reason跟example把文章的
肉补进去。通常模板(骨架)打上去就有120~150字了,剩下二、三、四段的reason
跟example,每段花50~60个字做说明,这样就有洋洋洒洒300字了。而且,这个
模板还有一个好处,首尾两段一开始就套公式写好了,所以万一时间来不及,你
的句子会断在第四段最後一句,但不影响文章整体结构,还是可以拿5分。接下
来,我来说明Issue跟Argument的模板该如何使用?
ISSUE
引言段:
第一句:抄题目
第二句:众说纷纭,套万用句,一句用在第一段;一句用在最後一段。
(1)Views differ greatly when it comes to the issue of whether/
the statement that
(2)People respond differently to the issue of whether
第三句:立意,同意/不同意;全部/部分(partially agree with),
套万用句,一句用在第一段;一句用在最後一段。
(1)My personal experience and actual observations of life have
led me to conclude that
(2)I strongly agree with this statement for the following reasons.
主体段:分成二、三、四段,每段包含三部份─reason、example,最後再
改写reason(也就是换句话说),用来冲字数。但如果举的example
内容够多,可以把改写reason这一部份省略掉。
First of all, reason 1 + example + 改写reason 1
In addition, reason 2 + example + 改写reason 2
Finally, reason 3 + example + 改写reason 3
补充:请尽量使用下列连接词、副词做为每一句的开头。AWA用电脑阅卷时
,会去扫这些连接词、副词,是否跟你引言段的立场相同或违背。
电脑不可能聪明到能理解你的立场,但它至少能透过这些关键字去
分析你的文章是否前後矛盾、立论不一致,所以要多用、善用这些
连接词、副词,一方面增加字数;一方面帮助电脑做有效分析,以
真实反映你的程度。
转折:However, Nevertheless, On the contrary, On the other hand
因果:Therefore, Consequently, As a result, Thus, Hence
举例:For example/instance
强调:Moreover, Furthermore, Besides, In addition, In fact,
In other words,
结论段:
第一句:In conclusion, + 众说纷纭
第二句:summarize主体段的reasons
第三句:restate position(改写立意那一句)
PS.Issue与Argument不同点:用「众说纷纭」取代「主题句」,并多了「立意」。
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Argument
引言段:
第一句:抄题目
第二句:主题句,指出题目所犯的逻辑错误(套万用句,一句用在第一段;一句
用在最後一段)。请注意,Argument作文一定要持反对立场,这样才能
引用万用句去攻击它。万用句我分成两种,一种是通用型的,不管犯
什麽逻辑错误都可以套;一种是特殊型的,必须针对特定逻辑错误才
可以套用。
主体段:结构同Issue的主体段。唯一不同的是,在行文中,如果句型结构可以
套得上去,就把针对特定逻辑错误的模板引用上去,以充实版面。就算
套三、四个特定逻辑错误的模板也没关系,因为题目的论述所犯的逻辑
错误绝对不只一个,就尽情发挥吧!
结论段:
第一句:In conclusion, + restate主题句(套另一句万用句)
第二句:summarize主体段的reasons
第三句:结尾句
万用句:不论犯什麽逻辑错误都可以套。
第一段:However, I do not think the argument is logically convincing
because some of the assumptions on which its conclusion rests
are highly questionable for the following reasons.
第一段:At first glance, the author’s argument appears to be somewhat
convincing, but further reflection reveals that it is based on
some dubious assumptions.
最後一段:In conclusion, the author’s argument is not well reasoned
because it rests on questionable assumptions.
最後一段:The argument is not acceptable because it does not have
sufficient evidence to support its conclusion.
针对特定逻辑错误的万用句:
★过度简化(oversimplification):找更多factors.
第一段:At first glance, the author’s argument appears to be somewhat
convincing, but further reflection reveals that it leaves out
some significant factors that should be addressed to substantiate
the argument.
最後一段:Therefore, the conclusion lacks credibility because the evidence
cited in the analysis does not lend strong support to what the
author claims.
最後一段:The argument is mainly flawed because it overlooks certain major
considerations.
最後一段:What works for X will not necessarily work for Y.
★错误类比(faulty analogy):
第一段:I wonder whether the comparison of two things suggests that they
are similar when they are, in fact, distinctively different.
最後一段:The argument wrongly assumes that X and Y are analogous.
★不合逻辑的推论(illogical reasoning)或无法检验的论点:
第一段:The argument is based on the writer’s own speculation rather
than on the result of a study or on the government-released
information. What is worse, he is trying to pass his speculation
off as an established fact.
最後一段:The argument is invalid because its assumption that_______ is
highly questionable.
以偏概全(overgeneralization):
第一段:The author makes a logical connection between A and B, but he
does not supply enough information to support its generalization.
最後一段:The evidence that the author lays out is not conclusive because
only one example is rarely sufficient to establish a general
conclusion.
误用统计数字:
第一段:The argument makes a seemingly attractive claim, but its
persuasive force is seriously weakened by the misinterpretation
of its statistics.
最後一段:The author fails to interpret those statistics correctly.
时间先後不能视为因果
第一段:The author assumes that because one event follows another in time,
the first event caused the second. In other words, he mistakes a
temporal connection for a causal connection.
第一段:______may be a matter of coincidence, not cause and effect.
最後一段:There is no proof of a direct-cause relationship between X and Y.
最後一段:A post-hoc fallacy makes the argument invalid.
抽象概念被视为具体事实
第一段:An abstract concept is used as if it were concrete reality.
最後一段:The credibility of the survey is in doubt. If the survey is
conducted by a reliable institution, the argument will be more
convincing.
PS.打★是最常考的逻辑错误,如果模板背不完,至少要把打★的部份背熟。
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