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不论如何一个合理的sat写作审题思路流程是必要的，很多同学们之所以在sat写作学习中感到时间不够，很大原因就是没有一个合理的步骤。通过对以往优秀sat考生经验的总结，从几个方面对审题思路进行分析：首先可以快速看下Assignment之前的引言(prompt),确定关键词和评价词。比方Does being ethical make it hard to be successful?(2009/3).题中的关键词为ethical 和successful;评价词为hard.在写作的过程中，要紧扣关键词和评价词，形成因和果的关系，这样就绝不会偏题了。
那么在审题之后到底该如何确定观点呢?我们再来从真题列举当中体会一二。例如题目Can people have too much enthusiasm? (2007/12)一般同学看见这个题目发现关键词为enthusiasm,评价词为have too much.然后可能由于考场上时间的紧迫，对于例证准备的缺乏，强行将一些众所周知的例子(比如Edison, Bill Gates, Martin Luther King Junior)套用上去，指出他们这些伟人都是由于对于自己事业的热忱，最后取得成功。
诚然，这样论证的确可以成文。但无论从逻辑或者例证来看，都缺乏亮点，平淡无奇，难以打动人心。因为众所周知有了热情和坚持，然后取得成功，是种常理。而常理是不需要深刻论证的。考生要做的事情是客观地把非常理的事情经过自己的分析，描述，说服考官，打动考官。而这，我们便称之为 critical thinking(批判性思维)。
所以，我们可以挖掘一些有了热情或激情反而酿成悲剧的事例，来论证人不该有太多的热情。当然这种激情不仅限于对事业的，也可以是对人的爱情。比如Wuthering Heights 中主人公西斯克里夫对于Catherine的狂热之情引发的悲剧，莎士比亚著名戏剧中Macbeth(麦克白)对于权力的野心，都可以作为素材用以论证。这样，文章论点既非常鲜明，又能够深刻体现critical thinking的思维。
以上就是sat写作时审题步骤，这在很大程度上决定了sat写作分数，希望大家在写作时一定要多加注意，以取得更高的成绩！
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