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今天做一个自己对于AWINTRO的总结： The topics in the analytical writing section relate to a broad range of subjects—from the fine arts and humanities to the social and physical sciences—but no topic requires specific content knowledge. In fact, each topic has been field-tested to ensure that it possesses several important characteristics, including the following: • GRE test takers, regardless of their field of study or special interests, understood the topic and could easily discuss it. • The topic elicited the kinds of complex thinking and persuasive writing that university faculty consider important for success in graduate school. • The responses were varied in content and in the way the writers developed their ideas. 1. 需要明确的就是AW的考试是与专业知识无关的。 2. 话题的广泛性。 3. 说到底，考察的还是analytical ability 与 critical thinking. Although it is important that you address the central issue, you are free to take any approach you wish. 这表明并不是说从正反两面进行论证就不要中心论点了，它还是很重要的。 The Issue task allows considerable latitude in the way you respond to the claim. Although it is important that you address the central issue, you are free to take any approach you wish. For example, you might • 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 1.
对于立论的立场，大家写作时以及北美范文中的文章都达成了一个共识：一定要用平衡观点，其实不然。可以完全肯定也可完全否定。 2. 对于题目的内在逻辑及假设，需要做详细的了解。 3. 对于例子的选取也是需要斟酌的，特别注意relevant这个词。 The Issue task is an exercise in critical thinking and persuasive writing. The purpose of this task is to determine how well you can develop a compelling argument supporting your own perspective on an issue and to effectively communicate that argument in writing to an academic audience. Your audience consists of college and university faculty who are trained as GRE readers to apply the scoring criteria identified in the scoring guide for “Present Your Perspective on an Issue" (see page 27). 1. 又提到了critical thinking 和 persuasive writing。 2. 注意是说服性文章。 3. effectively communicate 不是很明白，可能是对文中的语气的要求，是不是不应该和中国的政治课本一个腔调呢？ Suppose, for instance, that an Issue topic asks you to consider whether it is important for government to provide financial support for art museums. If your position is that government should fund art museums, you might support your position by discussing the reasons art is important and explain that museums are public places where art is available to anyone. 不知道这段话的意思是不是老美喜欢此种论证方式式哪？我一个在美国读预科的同学和我说，她们上写作课的时候，老师就是让他们用这样的格式。 Once you have decided on a position to defend, consider the perspective of others who might not agree with your position. 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? 这段看来，是老美希望我们完善我们的论点，似乎我们可以在文字当中看到些平衡论点的影子。（与之前介绍矛盾？没有吧，人家只是说这样可以，所以平衡论点和一边倒论点都是可行的，主要看你的论证过程） If you find one view clearly more persuasive than the other, consider developing an argument from that perspective. As you build your argument, keep in mind the other points, which you could argue against. If both groups have compelling points, consider developing a position supporting, not the stated claim, but a more limited or more complex claim. Then you can use reasons and examples from both sides to justify your position. ETS给出了我们选择论点的方法。也许有两个以上的论点，但是务必注意，你选择了之一，就不要去贪图其他， 考试者的任务就是完整的论证自己的观点 | 
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