在OG中明确指明了SAT写作的题材范围,文学、艺术、体育、政治、科技、科学、历史和时事。所有的这些题材,又可以按照题目分为以下几大类,只有掌握了每一类的写法以及每一类可以使用的素材和例证,在考试时有限的25分钟里才能一气呵成,写出完美的作文。
成功失败类
SAT常把“成功”的概念定义为英雄、幸福、成就、专家等等,对于此类一定要找出共性,成功的要素非常多,可以是坚持不懈、勇敢坚韧、诚实可信,也可以是在逆境中奋发图强;与此相对,失败的因素也很多,可以是缺乏毅力、犹豫不决、拖延、鲁莽等等。
1)Do you believe, with Michelangelo,that it is better to risk failing in the attempt to do something too ambitious, or to succeed at something you were already sure you could do? 接受挑战还是做有把握的事情?
2)If you want to become an expert in a certain field , do you need to have more talent or more motivation? 成为专家需要更多的天分还是动机?
3)Do you agree with the idea that people can exercise control over their fear,or does fear control people?战胜恐惧篇
4)It is true that the most memorable day of our lives re those in which we underwent some personal transformation or awakening?
追求理想真理类
抽象性的话题很受SAT的青睐,对于真理、真相和理想的追求,也经常被考到。
1)Do people have to be highly competitive in order to success?
2)Do you agree with Walter Cronkite that ir is necessary to see both sides of an issue in order to discover the truth? 发现真理是否要看到事物的两面
3)Are people motivated to achieve by personal satisfaction rather that by money or fame?
学习和知识类
学习类主题是SAT常考的话题,因为这跟我们同学们的生活最贴近,但与TOEFL具体的问题不同的是,SAT考题非常抽象,如:
1)Do you think that teaching something to another person can help you to learn or master a subject or process?
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2)Do you believe that fantasy and imagination is more important than knowledge? 想象力比知识更重要?
善恶美丑类
这类题测试我们对于生活的理解和我们对于事物的认识。
1)It is true that one can always find opportunity ,even in trouble?
2)Does weird behavior indicate an ordinary or an extraordinary persons?
3)Do you agree with the idea that the strong do what they wish?
4)It is true that there are no ugly things?
人生观类 (个人与他人、与社会的关系)
对于人生观的理解,是SAT考察的另一个重点。如“who you are” "what is your choice",个人是否需要了解自我来发展自我,个人是否需要经历磨难 ,是否需要他人的帮助等等。
1)Do we ourselves cause changes in our lives by making certain decisions, or are we acted upon by events that happen around us?
2)Do you agree that it is important not to take things for granted?
世界观类
1)Do you agree with the idea that war is never justified?
2)What motivates people to change?
3)Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money?
4)Do changes that make our lives easier not nessarily make them better?
以上每一类的题目都可以用相同的例子,比如说成功失败类,我们就可以运用爱迪生的例子:Thomas Edison had over 1000 "failures"before he fanally succeeded in inventing the electric bulb。.