託福寫作25分爲什麼GRE作文只有3分?從GRE寫作特點分析備考要點

托福考試和GRE考試雖然同樣是由ETS舉辦，但在考試目的和題型設置上存在很大區別。也就是通常所說的GRE比託福更難。這一點在作文部分體現的尤其明顯。託福寫作能拿到20多分的同學GRE寫作經常只有3分水準。具體原因是什麼?問題出在哪裏?下面小編就來做具體分析。

託福寫作25分爲什麼GRE作文只有3分?從GRE寫作特點分析備考要點

GRE寫作和託福寫作相同點

首先必須肯定的一點是，GRE寫作和託福寫作是存在一定共同點的，畢竟是ETS座下的同門弟子，對於考生在寫作方面的基本要求還是比較相近的，比如基礎的英語寫作能力、文章的整體框架搭建、論述的邏輯思維水平、遣詞造句的能力等等。這些方面兩者的要求可以說是基本一致的。而從題型角度上來看，GRE寫作中的ISSUE也和託福寫作裏的獨立寫作有近似的題目要求，也就是根據題目提出自己的觀點並進行論述，也就是中文裏常說的立論文。所以在小編看來，能在託福寫作中拿到20多分，至少可以說明考生在GRE寫作評分標準的寫作技術層面上是能夠達到考試要求的。

GRE寫作題目深度遠超託福寫作

既然寫作技術沒有問題，那麼爲何托福考生的GRE作文得分卻並不理想呢?原因其實很簡單，作文題目本身的深度根本不在一個層次上。大家可以回想一下托福考試作文特別是獨立寫作，問的問題內容是不是都涉及比較基礎的認知內容，大多數都是圍繞大家熟悉的常見話題比如學校生活日常活動等等，即使是社會現象也是大家能夠隨口就說出一些看法事例的“大路貨”。而GRE考試的作文題目就完全不同的，來看下面兩個例子：

"Truly profound thinkers and highly creative artists are always out of step with their time and their society."

真正影響深遠的思想家和具有高度創造力的藝術家們總是超越時代和社會的。

"Rituals and ceremonies help define a culture. Without them, societies or groups of people have a diminished sense of who they are."

典禮儀式有助於定義一種文化。沒有了它們，社會或者人類羣體就會削弱對對自身的認知。

這兩道題目都是小編隨手從ETS的GRE官方ISSUE作文題庫中選出來的題目，可能很多人剛看到這兩個題目都會覺得比較懵，既不知道應該贊同還是反對，一時半會兒也想不出可以舉出的例子，可以說用中文都覺得不太好寫的題目，更不用說用英語去寫了。而GRE作文題目中這樣的題其實並不在少數。也就是說GRE寫作從題目深度上遠非託福作文可比。即使考生擁有足夠的寫作能力和技巧，面對不知道動筆的話題也很難發揮出自己的水平，得分當然也就會受到影響了。

從GRE官方題庫中尋求突破點

那麼，對於這些其實已經具備足夠寫作技能，但卻缺乏積累或者說知識面不太夠的同學，怎樣才能拿到更爲理想的GRE作文分數呢?小編認爲方法既可以說很簡單也可以說很困難，那就是刷題庫。說這個方法簡單，是因爲ETS可能已經考慮到大家會存在知識面不寬之類的問題而公開了題庫，理論上考生只要能夠把所有的ISSUE和ARGUMENT題目都看一遍瞭解一下，就能提前做好準備不至於被完全無話可說沒東西可寫的題目打個措手不及。說很困難則是因爲題庫裏面的題目實在有點多，ISSUE和ARGUMENT的題目總數接近500道，即使去掉一些重複的題目也有超過300道題需要大家逐一準備，工作量和耗費時間可以預期都是比較驚人的。對此，小編的建議是既然不需要再重新練習寫作技能，那麼有託福寫作高分基礎的考生在備考GRE寫作時就可以把重心放在看題庫研究題目上，儘早開始看題庫，對題目以熟悉內容構思論點思路和儲備論證素材爲主，而不要試圖去把每個題目都寫一遍。這樣的做法可以最大程度節省大家的考試時間，也能幫助考生從寫作的內容層面充實基礎提升水平爲作文高分做好準備。

GRE寫作滿分範文1

"The?best?ideas?arise?from?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things."?

Even?the?most?brilliant?thinkers,?from?Socrates?to?Satre,?live?lives?in?time.?A?childhood,?an?adolescence,?an?adulthood;?these?are?common?to?me?and?you?as?well?as?the?greatest?writers.?Furthermore,?many?of?the?great?thinkers?we?esteem?in?our?Western?culture?lived?somewhat?unevetful?lives.?What?distinguished?their?life?from?say?a?common?laborer?was?their?work.?Therefore,?what?provided?the?grist?for?their?work??One?might?say?that?they?were?brilliant?and?this?alone?was?sufficient?to?distinguish?their?lives?from?the?masses.?Intellect?alone?can?not?devise?situations?or?thoughts?from?no?where;?there?must?be?a?basis?and?that?basis?is?most?common,?if?not?always,?observation?of?the?common,?of?the?quotidian.?Critics?of?this?idea?may?argue?that?these?thinkers?were?products?of?fine?educations?and?were?well?schooled?in?the?classics.?This,?they?may?point?to,?is?the?real?basis?for?their?knowledge.?I?would?agrue?that?although?it?may?be?a?benefit?to?study?classics?and?be?well?schooled?in?diverse?disciplines,?these?pursuits?merely?refine?and?hone?an?ability?each?and?every?person?has,?the?ability?to?study?human?nature.?Where?best?to?study?human?nature?than?in?the?day?to?day?routine?each?one?of?us?can?witness?in?him?or?herself?or?those?around?us.???

I?propose?that?the?two?best?disciplines?to?understand?this?power?of?the?commonplace?and?its?ability?to?cause?a?groundswell?of?thought?are?philosophy?and?literature.?Every?school?of?philosophy,?from?the?Greeks?to?our?day,?share?a?common?mission?or?intent?and?that?is?to?understand?and?explain?human?existence,?with?all?of?its?concommitant?features.?Generally?speaking,?the?Greek?philosophers,?epitomized?in?Aristotle,?attempted?to?set?down?rules?for?human?behavior?founded?on?logic.?These?rules?applied?not?only?to?the?rare?forms?of?human?behavior?but?largely?focused?on?the?more?mundane?motions?of?daily?life.?Many?of?Aristotle's?rules?were?based?on?his?observations?of?others?as?well?as?himself.?Contrast?this?venture?with?the?existentialists?of?our?century?who?attempted?to?look?behind?the?real?motivations?of?human?behavior?as?well?understand?man's?relation?to?the?Universe.?To?do?this,?what?did?these?philosophers?do??They?studied?those?around?them;?they?submerged?themselves?in?the?commonplace,?in?cities?with?hordes?of?annonymous?people.?While?the?existentialists,?as?well?those?philosophers?before,?exploited?their?uncommon?eduation?and?intellect,?the?basis?for?their?movement?was?ordinary?human?behavior?and?existence.? ?

Finally,?literature?is?similar?to?philosophy?in?that?it?seeks?to?explain?and?understand?human?behavior?and?therefore?rooted?in?the?commonplace.?Nevertheless,?its?relative?strength?over?philosophy?is?literature's?ability?to?emotionally?and?spiritually?move?the?reader?through?the?use?of?contrived?situations?and?fictional?characters.?It?can?do?this?when?even?the?central?theme?of?a?piece?maybe?love?between?a?man?and?a?woman?(onplace).?Literature?also?distinguishes?itself?from?philosophy?in?that?the?breadth?of?the?fiction?may?be?huge.?The?plot?and?the?detail?can?be?quite?ordinary?or?fanatastic.?However,?this?does?not?mean?that?the?central?themes?of?all?literature,?whether?ordinary?or?fantastic,?deal?with?human?beings?and?the?problems?they?find?in?the?world,?something?which?we?all?share.?

In?conclusion,?I?hope?it?has?been?shown?that?a?passionate?desire?to?understand?and?explain?human?behavior,?the?significance?of?our?existence?and?deal?constructively?with?the?challanges?of?life?are?the?centerpieces?of?at?least?in?two?of?the?most?influential?areas?in?human?thought.?What?is?more?commonplace?than?the?existence?of?man.?

COMMENTARY?

This?essay?sustains?a?well-focused?and?insightful?analysis?of?the?issue.??Beginning?with?the?observation?that?the?greatest?thinkers?"live?lives?in?time,"?the?writer?reasons?that?the?great?thinkers?develop?their?ideas?through?observation?of?common?occurrences?and?everyday?reality.??One?of?the?strengths?of?this?essay?is?the?way?in?which?it?thoughtfully?considers?the?opposing?claim:?that?great?thinkers?are?primarily?the?product?of?fine?education,?and?that,?being?"well?schooled?in?the?classics,"?they?are?far?removed?from?everyday?life.??The?writer?notes?that,?while?it?"may?be?a?benefit?to?study?classics,"?it?is?nevertheless?true?that?being?"well?schooled?in?diverse?disciplines"?will?simply?"refine?and?hone?an?ability?to?study?human?nature"?in?its?everyday?manifestations.??This?observation?is?indicative?of?the?writer's?sophisticated?grasp?of?the?complexities?of?the?issue.?

The?writer?goes?on?to?demonstrate?the?intellectual?"power?of?the?commonplace"?by?skillfully?developing?two?compelling?examples?from?academic?life:?philosophy?and?literature.??Aristotle?is?cited?as?a?philosopher?who?studied?the?"more?mundane?motions?of?daily?life."??Similarly,?the?writer?explains,?twentieth-century?existentialists,?in?attempting?to?understand?man's?relation?to?the?universe,?found?inspiration?in?the?commonplace.

Another?strength?in?this?essay?is?the?way?it?introduces?an?idea?and?then?builds?on?that?idea?as?the?argument?unfolds.??For?instance,?in?a?discussion?of?the?existentialists?in?the?second?paragraph,?the?writer?expands?on?an?earlier?point?about?"thinkers"?in?general:?the?existentialists?may?have?"exploited?their?uncommon?education?and?intellect,"?but?the?"basis?for?their?movement?was?ordinary?human?behavior?and?existence."??It?is?logical?connections?such?as?these?that?make?for?a?coherent?and?well-focused?discussion.? ?

The?writer?uses?language?fluently?and?controls?sophisticated?syntax?throughout?the?essay:?"I?would?argue?that?although?it?may?be?a?benefit?to?study?classics?and?be?well?schooled?in?diverse?disciplines,?these?pursuits?merely?refine?and?hone?an?ability?each?and?every?person?has,?the?ability?to?study?human?nature."?

This?is?not?a?flawless?paper:?word?choice,?for?example,?is?not?always?precise.??But?the?essay's?cogent?analysis,?effective?organization,?and?sophisticated?sentence?structure?merit?a?solid?score?of?6.

GRE寫作滿分範文2

"The?best?ideas?arise?from?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things."?

I?can?agree?with?the?statement?above?that,?"The?best?ideas?arise?from?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things.?"??The?statement??is?an?accurate?description?of?how?many?people?form?great?ideas?from?ordinary?things?in?life.?Sports?are?all?great?ideas?that?are?made?from?commonplace?things.??What?makes?sports?some?of?the?best?ideas?is?not?what?they?began?as?but?what?they?evolved?into.?

All?athletic?competitions?began?from?commonplace?things?being??brought?together?for?the?purpose?of?entertainment,?excercise,?and?social?interaction.??Many?of?the?sports?people?enjoy?today?are?the?results?of?someone's?idea?creating?a?new?dimension?of?our?lifestyle?out?of?an?ordinary?object.???Baseball,?basketball,?and?track?especially?show?that?the?idea?of?creating?something?wonderful?out?of?ordinary?objects?is?true.?

Who?would?have?thought?that?a?stick?and?a?ball?would?spawn?into?a?national?pastime,?a?generational?tie?between?father?and?son,?,?a?national?bond?between?all?races,?and??a?multibillion?dollar?industry.??Baseball?began?when?someone?decided?to?throw?a?ball?at?someone?with?a?stick?and?that?person?with?the?stick?would?then?try?to?hit?the?ball.??What?a?simple?concept?and?what?a?wonderful?consequence.?

Today?the?simple?game?of?baseball?is?played?all?over?the?world.??It?is?a?sport?that?crosses?international?divides?of?religion,?race,?and?politics.??This?one?simple?game,?a?bat?hitting?a?ball,?can?bring?the?whole?world?together.??But?baseball?is?just?one?sport?that?shows?the?ablitiy?to?bridge?cultural?gaps.?

When?Mr.?Naismith?nailed?a?peachbasket?to?a?post?and?threw?a?ball?into?it?he?had?no?idea?that?millions?of?people?would?be?playing?his?game?today.??Mr.?Naismith?invented?the?game?of?basketball,?which?most?everyone?has?played?at?some?point?in?his?or?her?life.?Throwing?a??ball?into?a?basket.??What?could?be?more?simple?or?commonplace?than?a?ball?and?a?peach?basket.? 　??

Today,?basketball?is?the?new?American?pastime.??It?replaced?baseball?because?it?is?cheaper?than?baseball?and?it?can?be?played?by?only?one?person.??This?interest?in?balls?and?new?uses?for?them,??as?we?can?see?in?both?baseball?and?basketball,?brought?about?a?huge?social?phenomena?of?excercise?and?new?social?interaction?that?would?bring?people?together?rather?than?divide?them.?　　??

It?doesn't?take?a?ball?to?create?a?sport?from?a?commonplace?item.??Track?and?field?has?no?balls?used?in?it,?unless?you?consider?the?shotput?a?ball.??The?whole?sport?of?track?and?field?is?made?of?simple?ideas:?running,?jumping,?and?throwing.??Simple?but?yet?it?is?one?of?the?most?watched?events?worldwide?as?evidenced?by?the?recent?Olympic?Games.?For?example,?team?relay?races?consist?of?four?people?running?around?an?oval?track?passing?a?baton?to?each?other.??A?baton?that?is?the?only?object?you?need?to?have?a?relay?race,a?baton?is?definetly?a?commonplace?thing.???Yet?this?event?has?such?stars?as?Carl?Lewis?who?is?known?world?wide.?

Sports?and?how?they?were?created?is?the?epitome?of?the?idea?that?"the?best?ideas?arise?form?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things."??What?might?have?seemed?boring?at?the?time?of?hitting?a?ball,?or?throwing?a?ball?into?a?net,?or?passing?a?baton?are?all?now?events?that?millions?take?part?in?and?even?more?watch.??What?makes?these?ideas?great?is?that?they?all?bring?people?from?different?backgrounds?together,?wether?they??intended?to?or?not.?

COMMENTARY?

This?essay?presents?a?thoughtful,?if?not?very?well-developed,?discussion?of?the?issue.??Drawing?examples?from?the?world?of?sports,?the?writer?notes?that?most?sports?begin?with?a?simple?idea.??Baseball,?for?example,?"began?when?someone?decided?to?throw?a?ball?at?someone?with?a?stick?and?that?person?with?the?stick?would?then?try?to?hit?the?ball."??From?this?simple?idea?came?a?sport?that?is?played?and?enjoyed?all?over?the?world.??Instead?of?focusing?solely?on?the?universal?appeal?of?sports,?however,?the?essay?introduces?the?idea?that?sports?cross?"international?divides?of?religion,?race,?and?politics."??This?is?a?perceptive?idea,?but?it?is?not?effectively?supported?or?sustained.?

Throughout?the?essay,?ideas?are?expressed?clearly?and?word?choice?is?accurate.??Sentences?are?at?times?well?formed?and?varied:?"Today?the?simple?game?of?baseball?is?played?all?over?the?world.??It?is?a?sport?that?crosses?international?divides?of?religion,?race,?and?politics.??This?one?simple?game,?a?bat?hitting?a?ball,?can?bring?the?whole?world?together."??On?the?whole,?however,?this?is?a?5?essay;?it?lacks?the?syntactic?sophistication?and?insightful?analysis?necessary?for?a?score?of?6.

GRE寫作滿分範文3

"The?best?ideas?arise?from?a?passionate?interest?in?commonplace?things."?

While?the?best?ideas?do?indeed?arise?from?mankind's?interest?in?the?commonplace,?one?must?realize?that?the?"commonplace?ideas"?of?our?current?society?continue?to?evolve?at?such?a?rapid?rate?that?we?are?converging?on?the?Twenty-First?Century?on?a?wave?of?thought,?ideas,?and?creation?that?would?surely?baffle?our?forefathers.? ??

Simply?put,?Thomas?Jefferson,?a?brilliant,?and?progressive?thinker,?was?motivated?to?create?certain?societal?services?that?he?felt?necessary?for?his?time.??Historians?report?that?Mr.?Jefferson?witnessed?a?fire?which?destroyed?a?man's?home.??The?victim?was?left?with?nothing.?erson,?thinking?it?most?unfortunate?that?a?man?should?lose?all?his?worldly?posessions,?developed?a?system?of?homeowners?insurance.??Of?course?today,?we?have?taken?insurance?to?a?new?and?all-encompassing?level.??President?Roosevelt?adored?nature?and?found?great?solace?while?visiting?Yosemite?in?Wyoming.??Among?his?many?accomplishments,?Rooselvelt,?our?twenty-sixth?President,?is?perhaps?best?known?for?his?creation?of?a National?Parks?Protection?program.?

Over?time,?the?basic?needs?of?mankind?have?been?met?due?to?interests?in?the?commonplace?mixed?with?a?progressive?trait?in?man?to?make?things?simpler,?faster,?less?expensive,?and?more?gratifying.?

Today,?our?"simple?thoughts"?turn?to?ideas?such?as?space?stations,?the?technological?superhighway,?and?electric?vehicles.?Sadly,?we?must?also?repair?much?of?the?fallout?from?some?of?our?"commonplace"?inspired?ideas.??For?example,?evolved?transportation?has?a?price?as?we?work?to?restore?our?environment.?

If?we?are??inspired?by?the?simple?motivations,?dreams,?and?tasks?of?everyday?life?then?we?must?make?a?commitment?to?development?our?muse.??Perhaps,?the?best?way?to?move?ahead?is?to?step?back;?to?re-examine?and?learn?from??the?art,?science,?history,?love?and?war?of?our?founding?fathers.??Perhaps?simple?is?best.??After?all,?that's?where?all?the?best?ideas?are?born.?

COMMENTARY?

This?essay?presents?a?competent?discussion?of?the?issue.??The?opening?paragraph?introduces?two?ideas?that?serve?as?the?primary?focus?of?the?essay.??The?first?is?that,?as?the?topic?claims,?the?best?ideas?are?the?result?of?an?interest?in?commonplace?things;?the?second?is?that?our?ideas?are?evolving?at?a?rate?of?rapidity?that?would?"surely?baffle?our?forefathers."??These?two?ideas?are?adequately?developed?in?the?course?of?the?paper,?but?not?with?enough?fluency?or?complexity?to?merit?a?score?of?5.?

The?second?paragraph,?which?considers?the?way?in?which?ideas?arise?from?an?interest?in?commonplace?things,?is?the?most?thoroughly?developed?section?of?the?response.??The?examples?are?relevant:?Thomas?Jefferson,?who?used?everyday?observations?to?come?up?with?the?idea?of?homeowners?insurance,?and?Theodore?Roosevelt,?whose?passionate?interest?in?nature?led?him?to?develop?the?National?Parks?Protection?program.?

The?essay's?other?area?of?focus?--?the?rapid?rate?at?which?our?ideas?change?--?is?discussed?in?the?third?paragraph.??Some?good?ideas?emerge,?but,?unfortunately,?they?are?not?well?developed.?

The?essay?is?organized?with?an?introduction,?three?supporting?paragraphs,?and?a?conclusion.??However,?the?organization?would?be?stronger?if?the?ideas?in?one?paragraph?or?section?were?more?clearly?connected?to?the?points?made?in?the?next?section.?

While?there?are?some?errors,?they?are?not?severe?enough?to?interfere?with?meaning.??In?general,?the?writer?expresses?ideas?adequately,?although?at?times?the?wording?seems?almost?haphazard?and?therefore?a?bit?confusing:?"to?re-examine?and?learn?from?the?art,?science,?history,?love?and?war?of?our?founding?fathers."??For?reasons?of?adequate?content?and?adequate?presentation?of?ideas,?this?essay?received?a?score?of?4.?