Adeline1006G备考日志~不迁怒，不贰过

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three  points must be remembered!
1、信息密度X字数=信息传递量, which is the thing raters care.

2、读者要的是你的能给他们的信息，文以载道

3、不要用注水猪肉做饭，那种肉吃了会让人吐，用大量字数传递低密度的信息只会弄巧成拙

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今天先到这里吧~awintro还是要好好看看的~~

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精英组的一切会成为我们永远的财富。我们一直在一起～加油。

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From AW Intro：

It is important to budget your time.  Within the 45-minute time limit for the Issue task, you will need to allow sufficient time to choose one of the two topics, think about the issue you've chosen, plan a response, and compose your essay.  Within the 30-minute time limit for the Argument task, you will need to allow sufficient time to analyze the argument, plan a critique, and compose your response.  Although GRE readers understand the time constraints under which you write and will consider your response a "first draft," you still want it to be the best possible example of your writing that you can produce under the
testing circumstances.   Save a few minutes at the end of each timed task to check for obvious errors.  Although an occasional spelling or grammatical error will not affect your score, severe and persistent errors will detract from the overall effectiveness of your writing and thus lower your score.

那个时候自己没头没脑的准备，一个月的时间貌似连AW Intro也没好好研究过。。。看看这段就知道我AW悲剧的一大原因了，就是考场上对时间的把握太差了。

1. 抽到两道高频，都是自己不太喜欢的，结果犹豫了整整五分钟，把两道题的提纲都回忆出来（那时太紧张了，提纲想了很久才想出来），真是疯了。。。

2. 根本没有预留检查时间，这点平常练习的时候就没有做好，竟然还满以为准备的不错了，真是不知天高地厚啊。。。sigh。。。

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为Issue打开思路的东西~

•  agree absolutely with the claim, disagree completely, or agree with some parts and not others
•  question the assumptions the statement seems to be making
•  qualify any of its terms, especially if the way you define or apply a term is important to
developing your perspective on the issue
•  point out why the claim is valid in some situations but not in others
•  evaluate points of view that contrast with your own perspective
•  develop your position with reasons that are supported by several relevant examples or by a single extended example

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Ask yourself:

•  What reasons might someone use to refute or undermine my position?
•  How should I acknowledge or defend against those views in my essay?

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Because the 45-minute timing begins when you first see the two topics, you should not spend too much time making a decision.  Instead, try to choose fairly quickly the issue that you feel better prepared to discuss. Before making a choice, read each topic carefully.  Then decide on which topic you could develop a more effective and well-reasoned argument.  In making this decision, you might ask yourself:

•  Which topic do I find more interesting or engaging?
•  Which topic more closely relates to my own academic studies or other experiences?
•  On which topic can I more clearly explain and defend my perspective?
•  On which topic can I more readily think of strong reasons and examples to support my position?

哎。。。悲剧啊。。。AW Intro上写的清清楚楚，我就是这么犯错的。。。

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The readers know that a writer can earn a high score by giving multiple examples or by presenting a single, extended example.

深度和广度。。。

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What matters is not the number of examples, the number of paragraphs, or the form your argument takes but, rather, the cogency of your ideas about the issue and the clarity and skill with which you communicatthose ideas to academic readers.

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“In our time, specialists of all kinds are highly overrated.  We need more generalists—people who can provide broad perspectives."

There are several basic positions you could take on this issue: Yes, society needs more generalists and places too high a value on specialists. No, the opposite is true.  Or, it depends on various factors. Or, both groups are important in today’s culture; neither is overvalued.

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上面列出了Issue的四种基本观点啊~

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Now you can organize your thoughts into two groups:

•  Reasons and examples to support the claim  
•  Reasons and examples to support an opposing point of view

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Although language is used with some imprecision throughout the essay, the writer's meaning is not obscured.  The main reasons for the score of 3 are the lack of sufficient development and inappropriate use of examples.

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Argu明天看了~去T版逛逛~~

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Your task is to discuss the logical soundness of the author's case by critically examining the line of reasoning and the use of evidence.  This task requires you to read the argument very carefully.  You might want to read it more than once and possibly make brief notes about points you want to develop more fully in your response.  In reading the argument, you should pay special attention to

•  what is offered as evidence, support, or proof

•  what is explicitly stated, claimed, or concluded
•  what is assumed or supposed, perhaps without justification or proof
•  what is not stated, but necessarily follows from what is stated

In addition, you should consider the structure of the argument—the way in which these elements are linked together to form a line of reasoning; that is, you should recognize the separate, sometimes implicit steps in the thinking process and consider whether the movement from each one to the next is logically sound.  In tracing this line, look for transition words and phrases that suggest that the author is attempting to make a
logical connection (e.g., however, thus, therefore, evidently, hence, in conclusion).