新SAT寫作中的Evidence

 

How to meet the demands?

考生在閱讀文章中，看到這些相關(guān)的內(nèi)容時，如數(shù)字，for example，引用一些專家的話等，就需要在寫作時仔細地分析作者是怎樣用這些數(shù)據(jù)去構(gòu)建文章的爭論的。

Evidence在寫作時改如何處理呢，首先要identify 它出現(xiàn)的位置，然后能夠去解釋說明在這里出現(xiàn)怎樣才能證明文章的主干內(nèi)容，這個是analysis得分非常關(guān)鍵的一點。從官方指南中給出的幾篇范文，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)對于analysis部分的評分規(guī)律基本如下：

1分：沒有指出evidence(或reason/stylistic)出現(xiàn)的位置;

2分：指出evidence(或reason/stylistic)出現(xiàn)的位置，但是沒有分析作用;

3分：指出evidence(或reason/stylistic)出現(xiàn)的位置，分析對于文章主干的作用;

4分：指出evidence(或reason/stylistic)出現(xiàn)的位置，深度分析其作用。

更多的考生可能會關(guān)注，怎樣算做深度分析?？忌梢詤⒖脊俜街改?12頁的3/3/4分范文的第二段和214頁的4/4/4分范文的第二段。

“The author’s statistics cited throughout the article reinforce his argument and provide a solid base. In the fourth paragraph he mentions the most common plastic grocery bags, which “make up just 0.3 percent of solid municipal waste materials. The author also cites the “77 percent increase in the sale of plastic trash can liner bags” as a result of a similar ban in Ireland. These statistics appeal to the readers logic and ensure that they can follow a logical path to support the author and oppose the ban. The statistics provide solid evidence that are enhanced by the numbers and cannot be easily argued against.” 3/3/4

“Plastic bags ... make up only about 1.6 percent of all municipal solid waste materials,” Summers ventures, his first utilization of a cold, hard fact. The truth in the numbers is undeniable, and he cites his sources promptly, making the statement that much more authentic. Knowledge is often viewed as power, and with information as direct as a statistic, Summers is handing that power to the reader - the power to agree with him. Not only does Summers spread the facts with numbers, he also does so with trends. He talks about the price increase in Ireland, and the documented health hazards of reusable bags. He uses the truth, backed by reliable sources, to infiltrate the readers’ independent mind. His thoroughness in this regard carefully builds his argument against this piece of legislation, and this is just one of the many ways he spreads his opposition” 4/4/4

不難發(fā)現(xiàn)，這兩個段落主要的內(nèi)容基本一致，但明顯第二篇范文在evidence的引用和解析方面要更加深刻些，本篇作文的考生用了“Summer is handling that power to the reader- the power to agree with him…”, “he uses the truth, backed by reliable sources, to infiltrate the readers’ independent mind.”。 相比之下第一篇文章對于evidence的論述明顯淺顯很多，考生只是引用，沒有深入分析對于作者構(gòu)建argument的作用。

總而言之，在新SAT寫作部分，考生在分析文章內(nèi)容時，需要能夠迅速辨認出明確的論證方法，其中evidence最為明顯。在文章中一定要identify 文章中evidence等論證出現(xiàn)的位置，然后深刻分析這些evidence是怎樣佐證作者的觀點的。

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