作文的完成与否-----关于那个著名的未完成6分issue

imongUID: 140258

如果说老米只是为了测定一个人的logic,writing skill and etc.,的确没有必要通过一篇写完的文章
万一当时我要是写不完的话（or根本没能力写完）
就应该照顾文章quality而不是匆匆收尾啦？
（做梦，只写了2段然后得6分？口水都流出来了……）

angeikimUID: 4857

因为在已经写出来的部分里面已经可以充分反映你的逻辑思维以及语言掌握能力。所以。。

shaohaoMTUID: 137980

不会吧，我再练半年语言也没那么好。

imongUID: 140258

我决定优先发展句法和逻辑
写不完拉倒

angeikimUID: 4857

就是说，你一定是在考试开始的时候先决定结构问题，然后按照自己的逻辑思路下来。如果时间不够写不完文章，但是看的人却可以完全根据你完成部分的结构推出来你要写的部分的内容，而且可以通过已经完成部分来感知你的语言能力。

其实，说实话，看了第一段，一般就有感觉了，这个人逻辑好还是不好，语言表达强还是弱。

brilliant77UID: 11224

给个定论好不好？到底重质还是重量？国内考试好像作文没写完就死菜了。

angeikimUID: 4857

当然字数和质量都很重要。但是如果写不完，也不用担心，只要你够相信你的作文够有质量就好。

paisleyUID: 64183

托福作文不写完是要重扣分的。我不知道GRE是不是这样.不过这么明显的忌讳还是不要以身试法了吧? 哪怕最后只剩十几秒钟,写个that's what i want to say也好

imongUID: 140258

The media (books, film, music, television, for example) tend to create rather than reflect the values of a society."



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For our grandparents it occurred through films and books.  For the baby boomers it was a result of television and revolutionary music.  No matter how the impact took place, it is clear that since its very advent, the media have played a crucial role in not simply being representative of the values of our society but creating them as well.



During the roaring twenties Americans found themselves in a struggle between the old ways of their ancestors and the new ways of the future.  The once steadfast beliefs that men and women should not touch while dancing, and that ladies should not drink or smoke were suddenly being challenged.  From where was all this rebellion stemming?  Partly it was due to the returning doughboys from the shores of Europe bringing home revolutionary ideas they had encountered while at war.  Nonetheless, returning soldiers could not be held responsible for the social upheaval that America experienced.  There had to be another cause, and there was, the media.  Although the films of the era were silent they spoke volumes to the society for which they were created.  Women in these movies  wore their hemlines a few inches shorter than the decade before them and they wore cosmetics to accentuate their new bobbed haircuts.  The movies, as well as the books of that era, demonstrated a new materialistic attitude that America had never before experienced.  Films portrayed every character as having the money to buy a new car, drink, smoke and partake in the  leisures of life, a philosophy that was soon adopted by the youth of the decade.  The use of the media in the twenties was to serve as a catalyst for the revolutionary ideas that were circulating.  The films and books of that era sped America along its path of change that eventually led to the greatest social unrest that the United States had ever known.



Unlike the twenties, the sixties and seventies utalized the media in a way that appealed to those searching for truth in a lost and confused world.  Martin Luther King Jr.  realized the impact of the media on society during his campaign for civil rights.  King urged his followers to withstand any abuse that they might encounter because the media will take their peacefulness into the homes of their society.  By doing so, King sucessfully began to change the traditional view of race.  Americans began to sympathize with the protesters because of the undeserved turmoil they faced at the hands of the government.  As a result, America relinquished the Jim Crow laws and saw many other groups press for their individual rights as well.  Television cameras rolled as Cesar Chavez organized the migrant workers in California and as Bella Abzug and Gloria Steinham linked arms to protest the lack of women's rights.



While the media helped to shape some attitudes about racism and gender it also helped to uncover the truth behind government lies.  During the Nixon



评价

This is an outstanding response, even though it is not quite finished.  The writer's views on the issue are so cogent, well articulated, and well developed that the writer was not penalized for failing to provide a conclusion.  What matters is the quality of thinking and writing displayed, not whether an essay is totally finished or has a certain number of words.



The writer's skill is apparent in the opening lines.  The first words, "For our grandparents it occurred," immediately spark the reader's interest.  The quick repetition of sentence structure and, once again, the intentionally vague use of "it" ("For the baby boomers it was") effectively draw the reader in.  By the third sentence, we know that this essay will address the complexity of the issue ("not simply being representative??? but creating them as well") and that the writer is fully in command of this discussion.



The rest of the essay addresses the influence of historical events and media on the values of modern society, from the "roaring twenties" to the "sixties and seventies."  Insightful analysis accompanies the historical references.  For example, the writer persuasively argues that prominent figures (King, but also Chavez, Abzug, and Steinham) advanced their social agendas by capitalizing on the power of the media to change public opinion.



Throughout the essay, the writer uses language and syntax effectively.  Word choice is precise ("cosmetics to accentuate their new bobbed haircuts"), sentences are structured to communicate ideas clearly ("There had to be another cause, and there was, the media"), and transitional phrases help move the argument forward ("Unlike the twenties, the sixties????" and "By doing so, King successfully began to change the traditional view of race.")



Occasional errors do appear (e.g., note the lack of logical comparison in "women??? wore their hemlines??? shorter than the decade before them"), but they are not intrusive.



Other 6 essays might be more fully developed; indeed, this essay would be stronger if the writer had gone on to discuss the media's role in Nixon's Watergate scandal and to bring the argument to its conclusion.  However, even in its unfinished state, the essay does present an insightful, well-articulated discussion of the issue.

人家的意思是so outstanding所以没有punish，也就是说写不完应该是punish，但是大牛除外
小牛就危一点
并且人家已经4th paragraph 491words了，要是200多字肯定死定了，再好也不行