英語写作模板

英語写作模板


WHAT ARE WRITING TEMPLATES?
Most simply stated, templates are models. More specifically, writing
templates are skeletal syntactic frameworks—parts of sentences or paragraphs
with blanks to fill in with words of your choice. They are valuable
because they help the reader understand better what you are saying.
They help you, the writer, with organization, and they help you to
develop the kinds of sentence, paragraph, and paper structure that strong
writers display. They are also a guaranteed tool for getting better scores
or grades on standardized writing tests or on class papers. Why do I say
"guaranteed"? Because the syntax (the way words are put together in
phrases and sentences) is error-free and the diction is at a high level, so
the inclusion of the template will improve the way that your writing is
received, the impression that will be left with your reader.

WHY DO YOU NEED TEMPLATES?
Templates are needed because most writing teachers and textbooks
simply give you advice on how to write. They don't show you exactly how
to do it. Let's say you are someone who has never played golf and has
never seen golf played. You could read a book about how to hit a golf
ball, but when you actually tried to do it, you would have a very difficult
time. Now what if a teacher not only let you see someone hit a golf
ball, but also put his or her arms around yours and guided you through
the correct motions? This is exactly the kind of hands-on support that
templates can provide.
When you have read and written thousands of papers, you develop
these templates. But this process takes a very long time. Using writing
templates is a shortcut to that proficiency, a shortcut helpful if you are
a non-native speaker of English or if you have not already mastered writing.
After using templates a number of times, the syntax will implant
itself automatically in your head, and eventually it will become second
nature to use these syntactic frameworks.

TEMPLATES AND STANDARDIZED WRITING TESTS
(SAT?, TOEFL?)
COMPARISON/CONTRAST THESIS SENTENCES
Proposition Template 2 (Disagreement)
Roadmap Template for Question Introduction
Begin your essay with this template. It starts with a question, and that
can be your introduction. Or you may begin with some general words
about the Question, then use the roadmap in the same paragraph.