二、结构分
满分标准中的第二个要求：is well organized and clearly focused, demonstrating clear coherence and smooth pro美国GREssion of ideas.’’
一篇完整的SAT作文结构应该是这样的：
P1 Introductory sentence. Thesis. Sentence previewing three examples.
P2 Transition + topic sentence. Support sentence. Additional support (Example 1). Closing sentence summarizing the paragraph (with the take-away point).
P3 Transition + topic sentence. Support sentence. Additional support(Example 2). Closing sentence summarizing the paragraph (with the take-away point).
P4 Transition + topic sentence. Support sentence. Additional support (Example 3). Closing sentence summarizing the paragraph (with the take-away point).
P5 Conclusion.
现在许多学生的写作的一个很大的问题在于，开头段结尾段的结构能够得到保证，但是中间段落的Topic Sentence和 Concluding Sentence不喜欢写。单纯的在开头段后举例是不能有力的证明自己的观点的。每个中间段的完整结构必须有分支观点句，支撑句和结论句。分支观点句往往是例子要告诉人们的道理或者作者要通过例子表达的内容的总括。结论句往往是对例子的分析：“在这个例子中，通过什么从而使什么怎么样。”
通过上文提到的题目为例，以下是依据该题的一个完整中间段落：
If life is considered more important than honesty, lies can be justified.
A very representative example of this point is the story of Nicolaus Copernicus, the vanguard of modern astronomy. His idea that the earth rotates around the sun and human beings are just part of the nature was so radical at his time that the Roman Catholic Church accused him of serious crime of heresy. Knowing that he would die if he continued to tell his theory publicly, he told lies that he recanted his theory. And so he protected his life. His idea though he renounced in front of the church, he secretly continued his research. In this case, Nicolaus did not tell the truth. However, he followed his heart and he contributed tremendously to the scientific community. Circumstances justified his lies because life is much more valuable than anything else on earth.
黄色标注的部分为结构提示部分。第一个和最后一个句子是分支观点句和结论句。Example所在的句子是例子的引出，in this case 举例完后对例子的总结分析。这样一个中间段落才称得上是一个结构完整的中间段。这也是众多考试写作是应该注意的一个重要问题。
三、词汇分
同样来看评分标准中对词汇方面的描述：exhibits skillful use of language, using a varied, accurate and apt vocabulary.
这里，college board 要求大家展示出非常有技巧的语言使用，并选择多变的精准的合适的词汇。注意到这里的要求是精准和合适，并没有要求大家去使用各种所谓的“大词”。
现在写作的一个误区是许多学生在表达一个意思的时候喜欢选用一些音节很长但是意思并不精准的词汇。这样一来导致的直接后果就是词汇的误用。因为所有语言在翻译的过程中必定会造成某些含义的丢失。比如send这个词，我们翻译成“送”。那么在表示“我昨天送朋友去火车站了”这样一个表达是，许多中国学生可能会选用send这个词。但是我们需要注意到的是在韦氏字典里对send这个词的解释是to convey by an agent 也就是说用send 这个词的时候意味着自己是不用去的。这是一个因翻译导致的词汇误用的例子。英语作文
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