托福写作25分为什么GRE作文只有3分?从GRE写作特点分析备考要点

托福考试和GRE考试虽然同样是由ETS举办，但在考试目的和题型设置上存在很大区别。也就是通常所说的GRE比托福更难。这一点在作文部分体现的尤其明显。托福写作能拿到20多分的同学GRE写作经常只有3分水准。具体原因是什么?问题出在哪里?下面小编就来做具体分析。

托福写作25分为什么GRE作文只有3分?从GRE写作特点分析备考要点

GRE写作和托福写作相同点

首先必须肯定的一点是，GRE写作和托福写作是存在一定共同点的，毕竟是ETS座下的同门弟子，对于考生在写作方面的基本要求还是比较相近的，比如基础的英语写作能力、文章的整体框架搭建、论述的逻辑思维水平、遣词造句的能力等等。这些方面两者的要求可以说是基本一致的。而从题型角度上来看，GRE写作中的ISSUE也和托福写作里的独立写作有近似的题目要求，也就是根据题目提出自己的观点并进行论述，也就是中文里常说的立论文。所以在小编看来，能在托福写作中拿到20多分，至少可以说明考生在GRE写作评分标准的写作技术层面上是能够达到考试要求的。

GRE写作题目深度远超托福写作

既然写作技术没有问题，那么为何托福考生的GRE作文得分却并不理想呢?原因其实很简单，作文题目本身的深度根本不在一个层次上。大家可以回想一下托福考试作文特别是独立写作，问的问题内容是不是都涉及比较基础的认知内容，大多数都是围绕大家熟悉的常见话题比如学校生活日常活动等等，即使是社会现象也是大家能够随口就说出一些看法事例的“大路货”。而GRE考试的作文题目就完全不同的，来看下面两个例子：

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

真正影响深远的思想家和具有高度创造力的艺术家们总是超越时代和社会的。

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

典礼仪式有助于定义一种文化。没有了它们，社会或者人类群体就会削弱对对自身的认知。

这两道题目都是小编随手从ETS的GRE官方ISSUE作文题库中选出来的题目，可能很多人刚看到这两个题目都会觉得比较懵，既不知道应该赞同还是反对，一时半会儿也想不出可以举出的例子，可以说用中文都觉得不太好写的题目，更不用说用英语去写了。而GRE作文题目中这样的题其实并不在少数。也就是说GRE写作从题目深度上远非托福作文可比。即使考生拥有足够的写作能力和技巧，面对不知道动笔的话题也很难发挥出自己的水平，得分当然也就会受到影响了。

从GRE官方题库中寻求突破点

那么，对于这些其实已经具备足够写作技能，但却缺乏积累或者说知识面不太够的同学，怎样才能拿到更为理想的GRE作文分数呢?小编认为方法既可以说很简单也可以说很困难，那就是刷题库。说这个方法简单，是因为ETS可能已经考虑到大家会存在知识面不宽之类的问题而公开了题库，理论上考生只要能够把所有的ISSUE和ARGUMENT题目都看一遍了解一下，就能提前做好准备不至于被完全无话可说没东西可写的题目打个措手不及。说很困难则是因为题库里面的题目实在有点多，ISSUE和ARGUMENT的题目总数接近500道，即使去掉一些重复的题目也有超过300道题需要大家逐一准备，工作量和耗费时间可以预期都是比较惊人的。对此，小编的建议是既然不需要再重新练习写作技能，那么有托福写作高分基础的考生在备考GRE写作时就可以把重心放在看题库研究题目上，尽早开始看题库，对题目以熟悉内容构思论点思路和储备论证素材为主，而不要试图去把每个题目都写一遍。这样的做法可以最大程度节省大家的考试时间，也能帮助考生从写作的内容层面充实基础提升水平为作文高分做好准备。

GRE写作满分范文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?(e.g.commonplace).?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写作满分范文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写作满分范文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.?Mr.Jefferson,?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.?

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