SSAT写作分两大类,一种是开放性的话题作文,一种是议论性话题作文。开放性话题相对于后者来说难度系数较大因而大多数人都不选择,但是突破考试难关不就是一个迎难而上的过程么,所以今天我们就来看看开放性话题作文如何写! 我们先来谈谈SSAT写作思路: 首先我们来看下Sample Topics: 1. If you did something over again, what would it be and why? 2. I never felt better than when I… 3. He couldn't believe they wanted his help. 4. They were on journey for five days, five hoursand five minutes… 5. Pretend you and your family could go any place you wanted for one day. Where would you go? 看到这样的题目是不是一开始会感觉无从下手?不妨看看下面这句话: It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. (1984 by GeorgeOrwell)四月间,天气寒冷晴朗,钟敲了十三下。 这是乔治奥维尔著名小说《1984》的句话。我们不妨把它看作是开放性的话题作文来写,去想象并构思出一个故事。 另外,开放性话题作文的要求是根据给出的题目信息写一个故事。从本质上说考生可以将议论性话题作文当中要使用的个人或是他人的经历应用到开放性话题作文 里去。当然这类作文并非一定要用个人经历,考生可以发挥想象力创造一个很新颖的故事,注意新颖不等于怪异,或是借鉴平时从书刊杂志,甚至电视电影中的故 事;借鉴名人明星的故事等。可以发挥的空间很大。 SSAT写作原则:(以疯狂动物城的故事为例) 1. 根据结果解释原因cause-effect What happened and why? Sample Topic: Nick Wilde, the fox in Zootopia city,couldn't believe Judy the rabbit wanted his help. 人称-he;时态-过去式,叙事-根据语境Nick couldn't believe Judy wanted his help 这样一个结果去解释原因,补全故事。Nick为什么不相信Judy真的需要他的帮助呢?那么根据剧情可知他们的结识过程,矛盾产生以及 后误会消除,形成一个完整的故事。 2.根据事件,接续补全故事 What would happen next? What did the character/characters do? Sample Topic: She sees Nick Wilde, a sly fox, going out of Zootopia City and he is about to… Sample Topic: The policewoman Judy Hops stopped a Benz at the corner of the street… 这两个题目就是要根据已有信息,Judy 看到了狐狸Nick走出了动物城,正准备去做什么,来继续补全故事。人物至少有两个Judy 和Nick,然后去构思人物关系(同学,恋人,朋友,父子,陌生人等),周围环境,进行比较详细的描写。另外写作重心放在事件发展以及人物心理活动描写上。当然文章展开越有戏剧性越好,不过中学生在这方面不用要求太高。 3.提出问题,给出解决方案和建议 What should do next? SampleTopic:How can Judy and Nick save the city Zootopia when facing the big trouble made by Lamb the mayor? ,写作过程紧扣主题,组织篇章结构,注意主次,首尾呼应。注意写作对象和语言风格。就拿《疯狂动物城》来说明笔者的意图。片子反复围绕两个主题: “差别”和“包容”。有影评称,故事一气呵成、人物鲜活独特。探案的情节扣人心弦、成长的轨迹又触碰人心。开放性作文也是在讲述一个故事,考生在写作过程当中也要紧扣主题。 第二,丰富且细致的细节描写。在行文过程中在框架里巧妙的加入细节就会有趣丰满的多。否则就会形成一种只有骨架而缺乏血肉的文章。因此细节表达在开放性话题作文里要多些会比较讨巧:“show more than tell”。那么细节的感觉是什么样的呢?请感受下下面两段文字: ‘Dusk is enclosing me in its dove-gray, chilly air. It is just one of those winter evenings, and I am walking home from my Chinese zither class. Children of my age are playing in the street before dinner.’ ‘This was an early spring morning in Beijing. My vision blurred as a light drizzle began to veil the lake, the stone bridge, and the light green trees. Everything in the foggy, watery air seemed alive,whispering to each other while bathing in the gentle rain. Some water fowls floated by, their wakes rippling across the lake.’ 这两段文字都是关于周围环境的描写,画面感强且有趣,很容易吸引读者的阅读兴趣。 开放性话题作文是非常考查考生的故事架构能力的,考生平时在观影时多思考,写作时多借鉴电影及书里的故事,多多进行练习的话相信你们的写作水平会有很大提高的! (责任编辑:admin) |
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