1.在看到題目的一瞬間,頭腦中想到的SAT寫作素材中,選擇和寫作題目關系最密切的寫作素材,選擇最具體的SAT寫作素材,也就是說最能想到細節(jié)的素材。
2.另外,就是選擇最具代表性的素材,也就是說,要選擇具有最廣的范圍,涉及到不同的領域的素材,這樣的SAT寫作素材更加有說服力。
3.最后一定要注意,選擇的SAT寫作素材要是沒有爭議的,不要選擇一些非常敏感的素材。
下面提供給大家一個SAT寫作素材選擇的例子:
SAT寫作題目:"There's no success like failure"(失敗是成功之母)。
建議考生們可以從以下8個方面進行例證的搜集,但有些方面可能想不出合適的例證,但在作文構思的時候也應該把他們例出:
Science:Babies learn to walk only after trying and failing time and time again。
Politics: US Constitution was written only after the failure of the Articles of confederation。
Literature:James Joyce became a writer only after failing as a signer。
Personal Experience:Your uncle realized the need for a placement agency in South Carolina after getting laid off。
Business:Google watched the failures of its competitors and learned to improve its Internet business model and technology
Current events:Can't think of one
History:Can't think of one
Art:No idea