sat范文

sat范文篇一

【十年来所有英文SAT写作素材范本范文大全】!看了你就绝世无敌了!

一、回顾篇

1、2010年5月作文题目

Do people succeed by emphasizing their difference from others?

首先审题，理解成创新类别，也就是让各位考生写一个因为创新所以成功的故事。同笔者课上复习的这个题目很类似：Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today? 怎么回答呢？结合5月考题，自然是需要创造力，因为有了能成功。

归纳来看，结合去年下半年的考题，大家会发现，美国考官一直在对这个问题进行考察。比如去年11月要不要挑战新想法，你可以写不要，因为新想法就是创造力会让大家成功。去年12月考要不要挑战权威，自然是写要，挑战权威，提出新想法，个人和社会才会更好。再看今年5月份，还是强调不要从众，要有自己的个性。

我给大家找了一篇满分作文，写的是失败到成功的故事，大家可以参考。 This past year, I was auditioning for the fall play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." To my detriment I thought it would be a good idea to watch the movie in order to prepare. For two hours I studied Elizabeth Taylor's mannerisms, attitude, and diction, hoping I could mimic her performance. （背景）

I auditioned for the part of “Maggie” feeling perfectly confident in my

portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor, however, I was unaware that my director saw exactly what I had been thinking. Unfortunately, I didn„t get the part, and my director told me that he needed to see “Maggie” from my perspective, not Elizabeth Taylor‟s.（失败的记忆）

I learned from this experience, and promised myself I would not try to

imitate another actress, in order to create my character. （从失败中经验教训）

Persevering, I was anxious to audition for the winter play just two months later. The play was Neil Simon's "Rumors," and would get the opportunity to play "Chris," a sarcastic yet witty role, which would be my final performance in high school. In order to develop my character, I planned out her life just as I thought it should be, gave her the voice I thought was right, and the rest of her character unfolded beautifully from there. (准备过程)

My director told me after the first show that “Rumors” was the best work he„d ever seen from me, and that he was amazed at how I‟d developed such a believable character. （成功）

实战演练：接下来我们来做一个工作，就着这个素材来写5月的题目。Do people succeed by emphasizing their difference from others?

大家从题目里面找到两个重点，一个是不同，一个是成功，需要用细节去细化。接下来围绕这两个点，结合例子素材，整出例子的思路链条。

例子思路：背景（参演学校话剧的演出）——为了成功，看Taylor 的演出，为了做到和她一模一样（点题）——失败——安排导演宣布失败理由（完全没有体现出自己的个性，要有不同）——痛定思痛——准备下一次演出——强调自己的个性（点出题目的difference），按照自己的方式给出这个觉得的声音包括表演方式——成功（安排导演讲出）

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This past year, I was auditioning for the fall play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." To my detriment I thought it would be a good idea to watch a relevant movie starred by Elizabeth Taylor in order to prepare. For two hours I studied her mannerisms, attitude, and diction, hoping I could mimic her performance.

I auditioned for the part of “Maggie” feeling perfectly confident in my

portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor; however, I was unaware that my director saw exactly what I had been thinking. Unfortunately, I didn„t get the part, and my director told me that he needed to see “Maggie” from my perspective, not Elizabeth Taylor‟s.

I learned from this experience, and promised myself I would not try to imitate another actress. Instead, it is imperative to find out my difference, namely, my unique way of acting, in playing a new role. (点题)

Persevering, I was anxious to audition for the winter play just two months later. The play was Neil Simon's "Rumors," and would get the opportunity to play "Chris," a sarcastic yet witty role, which would be my final performance in high school. In order to develop my own character, I placed emphasis on originality(点题), planning out her life just as I thought it should be, giving her the voice I thought was right; naturally, the rest of her character was unfolded beautifully from there. (准备过程)

Then I went for another try. （加强过渡）After the first show my director told me that “Rumors” was the best work he„d ever seen from me, and that he was amazed at how I‟d developed such a believable and different(点题) character. （成功）

2、2010年1月作文话题

Do people make the greatest discoveries by exploring what is unfamiliar to them or by paying close attention to what seems familiar?

关于审题，这是一个难题。同学们在考场上需要从脑海里面把准备的例子迅速想一遍，看看哪个更适合此题目。由于限定了discovery, 笔者班上的同学们应该能快速想到伽利略或者哥白尼。前者做出了伟大的发现，比如两球下降的正确理论；后者发现了日心说。

以前者为例，他发现的理论很明显是符合题干中的后者的，因为两球下降之前就有过相关理论，他对此熟悉的理论做了分析研究，最终有了正确的伟大的发现。

还是给大家找一篇文章作为素材的参考，写作者是Lily 同学，去年6月考试作为是满分，习作的题目是is it necessary to question the authority?

Another story of Galileo is also a very typical one to explain the

importance of challenging the authority. It is known to us all that Aristotle is a great philosopher in ancient Greece and is widely regarded as the most erudite mind so far. His theories, as a result, are firmly believed by almost everyone in the Middle Age. (塑造权威)

However, Galileo, a talented physicist at that time, found one of Aristotle‟s theories that the velocities of two falling weights are proportional to their weights incorrect through his thousands of experiments. （为什么挑战）

He finally decided to show his research results by doing an experiment on the Leaning Tower of Pisa in front of the public, which later turned out to be a blockbuster in the field of physics.

Galileo dropped two iron balls of different weights to the ground and

everybody present witnessed the historic moment that the two balls reached the ground at exactly the same time. （怎么挑战）

Galileo‟s experiments and discoveries violently challenged that of Aristotle and started a revolutionary debate among scientists. More importantly, he corrected thousands of people‟s wrong beliefs and contributed a lot to the modern physics. （挑战的结果）

实战运用：题目 Do people make the greatest discoveries by exploring

what is unfamiliar to them or by paying close attention to what seems familiar?

我们先确认观点:应该研究看上去熟悉的。关键字：研究看上去熟悉的——重大发现。接下来写出例子的基本思路：

背景（亚里士多德是权威）---提出了两球下降理论（速度和质量成正比）——伽利略（Pisa大学毕业后，开始大量阅读书籍）——研究公众十分熟悉，并且基本公认的理论——两球下降理论——认为没有经过试验检测，不可靠——比萨斜塔实验——结果，两球同时落地——伟大的发现（正确的理论——速度和质量部成正比）——科学界的突破，打破对于权威的盲目相信，实验科学的创始人。

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Another story of Galileo is also a very typical one to explain the

importance of exploring what is familiar to us. It is known to us all that Aristotle is a great philosopher in ancient Greece and is widely regarded as the most erudite mind so far. His theories, as a result, are firmly believed by almost everyone in the Middle Age. Among all these theories, one theory that the velocities of two falling weights are proportional to their weights enjoyed widespread familiarity among the public. (点题)（熟悉的东西是什么）

At that time, Galileo, an unknown scientist, was absorbed in books of Aristotle. However, instead of totally copying the thoughts of him, Galileo developed his own way of thinking and gave priority to the effect of

experimentation on science, doubting the feasibility of the widely known(点题)theory about the speed of falling objects. （伽利略研究熟悉的东西）

He finally decided to find out the truth by doing an experiment on the

Leaning Tower of Pisa in front of the public. During the experiment, Galileo dropped two iron balls of different weights to the ground and everybody

present witnessed the historic moment that the two balls reached the ground at exactly the same time. （伽利略挑战熟悉的理论）

That experiment witnessed the birth of one of the greatest discoveries in the field of science, namely, the theory that the velocities of two falling objects are not related to their weights. More important is the fact that this finding weakens the blind trust of the public toward the authority and paved the way for the widespread use of experimentation in testing the practicability of a theory.(营造这是伟大的发现)

二、展望篇

回顾过去几场考试，可以发现college board 十分青睐挑战权威和提出新想法这个主题，既然如此青睐，各位参加6月考试的考生还是应该额外关注。其他类别包括物质类别，个人价值观判断等。 接下来给大家罗列一些重点话题，以供参考。

6月考试重点一：创新类

Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today?{sat范文}.

参考思路：大家要注意today 这个措辞。此题适合准备个人例子。有了创造力，才能distinguish yourself from others, 不妨借鉴班上一个马来西亚同学说过一的学生会竞选的有趣故事。他说最后获胜者提出了很creative 的东西来吸引学生，比如：

1）(boarding school) shopping, once a month 一月安排一次集体购物，他们是寄宿学校。

2) (Single-sex education ) ball, invite the girls in the girls-school, 一周安排一次集体舞会，要求女校学生参加。这就是与众不同啊。

重点二：物质类别

Is it more important to do work that one finds fulfiling or work that pays well?

参考思路：比较难写的题目。较容易额方法是些赚钱重要，因为挣了钱才能实现梦想，获得fulfilling.

开头段：Working for a well-paid job is more important. When one can get a considerable income, he can utilize this amount of wealth to do those things he finds fulfilling. The King of Steel, Andrew Carnegie, is one example that can prove the above point of view.

中间框架： 卡内基童年贫苦——只能读夜校——因此希望帮助更多人读上书——努力工作——内战买了钢的专利权——建了公司——赚了钱——实现梦想——投生教育事业。

参考：童年艰苦 Andrew Carnegie had an arduous childhood: as the age of 13, as an emigrant from Scotland to America, he squeezed in an incredibly tiny apartment with other immigrants. He struggled for his survival, finding a job in one factory after another. Having no access to welfare, to education and medical services, he was deprived of all basic rights.

营造童年梦想Living under this extreme poverty, Andrew Carnegie knew and understood so deeply about the torture within, and he developed a dream to provide a better live for the poor.

营造挣钱Andrew Carnegie took great notice of the business world and his sharp discernment paid him back. During the Civil War, Andrew Carnegie discovered the potential of steel industry and thus bought a patent of steel to operate his own company.

Over 20 thousand employees

A market share of 65%

sat范文篇二

关于SAT Essay格式写作范文{sat范文}.

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SAT Essay 写作是所有SAT考试项目中最难的一类，因为对大家的英语语言应用能力的考察最为严格。所以大家在备考SAT考试中最需要格外注意SAT Essay的结构并参考一下其他人的SAT Essay范文，以便使大家的备考更加的有效率。

Format of the essay:

Paragraph 1: Introduction

· Try to create interest in the topic.

The introduction can be general but must include a thesis statement to point the reader in the right direction.

Paragraph 2: Part I of the example

· Describe the situation and cover about half the “example” here.

Paragraph 3: Part II of the example

· Finish the “example”.

Paragraph 4: Discussion/analysis

· Explain what your example shows. Extract the conclusions/moral lessons to show how it supports your thesis.

Paragraph 5: General conclusion

· Show how the example leads to more general conclusions about the topic. (If possible, relate to material from the introduction to round the essay off.)

Sample essay 1 is an essay that uses this format

One of the memorable images from Eisenstein’s classic silent film on the Russian Revolution is the toppling of a

statue. The destruction of the statue symbolizes the throwing out of the old order along with its heroes and replacing it

with a new. Considering this human tendency to ‘ring out the old and ring in the new’ it is surprising that any heroic figures from the past survive in the history books, but they do. There are some heroes who do not get erased from the pages.{sat范文}.

One of my personal all-time heroes is Marie Curie, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. At a time when women were not allowed to enter the University of Warsaw, her home city, Marie worked as a governess before getting the opportunity to enroll in the Sorbonne in Paris. She graduated at the top of her class and became the first woman to take a degree in physics from the Sorbonne.

But it is not simply for her breaking out of traditional molds that she is remembered. Her scientific work on radiation led to her two Nobel Prizes: the first joint with her husband, the second alone, after Pierre Curie’s death. She nearly did not get the second prize because of rumors of ‘misconduct’ in her private life. But she bravely went to Stockholm,

despite opposition, and said that she believed that there was no connection between her private life and her scientific work. She died of cancer caused by exposure to radium, one of the elements that she discovered.

Many great people from the past have had their reputations destroyed by exposure of their human frailties. But some, like Marie Curie, achieve such greatness that they will be remembered for their achievements. She symbolizes the human quest for knowledge and the capacity to sacrifice self for a higher goal. Women everywhere will gain strength from seeing one woman who could not he suppressed by outdated conventions.{sat范文}.

We need our heroes for the inspiration they offer to us and to future generations. Names such as Curie should not, and in fact cannot, be erased form the History books: they tell us so much about the human capacity to strive for excellence.

sat范文篇三

SAT写作 范文一篇

In 2008, a devastating earthquake struck Wenchuan, a small town of Sichuan, china. Shortly after the disaster, many countries expressed their sympathy and humanity support by either donating large sum of money or delivering millions of tons of items, both of which served as a big relief in such a case. It was because of the helps from all over the world that the people who survived the earthquake could walk through the difficulties and recovered from the great pain quickly.

This event can be a good example to show the significance of global care. As the result of development of modern telecommunication, the geographic boundary has no longer been such a big barrier to limit the flow of information between countries. We suddenly become more informed of the issues of people from other countries. We can almost feel what other country’s people feel especially when they are in big troubles because we are the same race! Sympathy is a deeply rooted human nature.

However, there are also some people who don’t think so. In their views, the limited resources should only be granted to those who speak the same language as they do. They forget a fact that some day they could be in trouble. If they refuse to help others no one will help them in return. So we should care the people not only from our own country but also from other countries no matter how different they look from us!

sat范文篇四

SAT写作优秀范文赏析

SAT写作优秀范文赏析

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对于在准备SAT的同学,我的建议是,至少在一个月前开始,每天带着看范文,不要指望几天突击,也不要指望自己的临场发挥,积累是很重要的.同时千万不要低估作文的重要性.我自己的血的教训是第二次考试语法接近满分,但就因为作文的疏忽直接导致整个writing没上750.所以,千万不要不重视作文!在复习ESSAY时,多揣摩6分范文的写法,不能只看表面,就像很多同学只看到了模式似乎也是5段就下定论认为和T作文差不多是不可取的.仔细观察每句话是怎么写的,作用是什么,多看看rater的comment,再多练习自己写一些,用心去准备,不骄不躁,假以时日,ESSAY一定会取得满意的分数

下面是SAT写作优秀范文

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below: Abraham Lincoln said, "Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." In other words, our personal level of satisfaction is entirely within our control. Otherwise, why would the same experience disappoint one person but delight another? Happiness is not an accident but a choice.

Assignment: Is happiness something over which people have no control, or can people choose to be happy? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

My Essay:

Happiness is an elixir to all diseases, so everyone wants happiness and most of them think that it comes from success. But even if we fail something, we can still choose to be happy.

Last year, our school held a basketball competition. Our class had entered into the semi-final and all the students in our class were very excited. Moreover, we had just beaten the team which was considered the best in our grade and my classmates were hopeful that we might enter the final game. On the day of the semi-final, the players of our team went to the field in our cheers. But as soon as we saw the members of the other team, we knew it would be a hard match. One of the players in their team is as tall as 1.93 m, much taller than any of our players and we also learned that their team was the only one which hadn’t lost a single game.

The match started. To our disappointment, our team wasn’t playing well, and the best player in our team was followed by the tallest in theirs at every pace. Anxious and worried, we girls jumped onto the platform beside and shouted at the top of our voices. After sometime, it seemed that our cheers had gave my classmates some energy and they began to catch up, slowly but gradually, we were only two points behind. But just at that time, the first ten minutes were over and we came to a stop. The players were tired but hopeful, and we kept cheering them. However, when the match started again, our opponents seemed to become stronger. They got more points and we were soon eleven points behind. Meanwhile, our throats were burning, but we kept shouting for our classmates. Though we caught up some points, at last we lost by only one point. When we got back to the classroom, all of my classmates were disappointed and sad. One of the players even cried. But our teacher came in at that moment and said, “Cheer up everyone, we just lost by one point and we are already the top four. We still have a match and let’s get the third place!” Then one of my classmates suddenly went to the dais and wrote something encouraging on the blackboard and one by one, over ten of our classmates all wrote down the words they wanted to say. All of us were greatly encouraged and smiled. We felt a sense of happiness even though we didn’t win.

So if we choose to be happy, we’ll be happy. It’s all up to our choices.

关键字：SAT写作优秀范文 SAT写作范文 SAT写作 参考范文

sat范文篇五

新SAT写作范文2(白松老师)

Prompt

As you read the passage below, consider how Dana Gioia uses

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 evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims. reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence. stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or

appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

Adapted from Dana Gioia, “Why Literature Matters” ©2005 by The New York Times Company. Originally published April 10, 2005.

[A] strange thing has happened in the American arts during the past quarter century. While income rose to unforeseen levels, college attendance ballooned, and access to information increased

enormously, the interest young Americans showed in the arts—and especially literature—actually diminished.

According to the 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, a population study designed and commissioned by the National

Endowment for the Arts (and executed by the US Bureau of the

Census), arts participation by Americans has declined for eight of the nine major forms that are measured....The declines have been most severe among younger adults (ages 18–24). The most worrisome finding in the 2002 study, however, is the declining percentage of Americans, especially young adults, reading literature.

That individuals at a time of crucial intellectual and emotional

development bypass the joys and challenges of literature is a

troubling trend. If it were true that they substituted histories,

biographies, or political works for literature, one might not worry. But book reading of any kind is falling as well.

That such a longstanding and fundamental cultural activity should slip so swiftly, especially among young adults, signifies deep

transformations in contemporary life. To call attention to the trend, the Arts Endowment issued the reading portion of the Survey as a

separate report, ―Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America.‖

The decline in reading has consequences that go beyond literature. The significance of reading has become a persistent theme in the

business world. The February issue of Wired magazine, for example, sketches a new set of mental skills and habits proper to the 21st

century, aptitudes decidedly literary in character: not ―linear, logical, analytical talents,‖ author Daniel Pink states, but ―the ability to create artistic and emotional beauty, to detect patterns and opportunities, to craft a satisfying narrative.‖ When asked what kind of talents they like to see in management positions, business leaders consistently set imagination, creativity, and higher-order thinking at the top.

Ironically, the value of reading and the intellectual faculties that it inculcates appear most clearly as active and engaged literacy

declines. There is now a growing awareness of the consequences of nonreading to the workplace. In 2001 the National Association of Manufacturers polled its members on skill deficiencies among

employees. Among hourly workers, poor reading skills ranked second, and 38 percent of employers complained that local schools

inadequately taught reading comprehension.

The decline of reading is also taking its toll in the civic sphere....A 2003 study of 15- to 26-year-olds’ civic knowledge by the National Conference of State Legislatures concluded, ―Young people do not understand the ideals of citizenship… and their appreciation and support of American democracy is limited.‖

It is probably no surprise that declining rates of literary reading

coincide with declining levels of historical and political awareness among young people. One of the surprising findings of ―Reading at Risk‖ was that literary readers are markedly more civically engaged than nonreaders, scoring two to four times more likely to perform

charity work, visit a museum, or attend a sporting event. One reason

for their higher social and cultural interactions may lie in the kind of civic and historical knowledge that comes with literary reading.... The evidence of literature’s importance to civic, personal, and

economic health is too strong to ignore. The decline of literary reading foreshadows serious long-term social and economic problems, and it is time to bring literature and the other arts into discussions of public policy. Libraries, schools, and public agencies do noble work, but

addressing the reading issue will require the leadership of politicians and the business community as well....

Reading is not a timeless, universal capability. Advanced literacy is a specific intellectual skill and social habit that depends on a great

many educational, cultural, and economic factors. As more Americans lose this capability, our nation becomes less informed, active, and independent-minded. These are not the qualities that a free,

innovative, or productive society can afford to lose.

Write an essay in which you explain how Dana Gioia builds an

argument to persuade his audience that the decline of reading in

America will have a negative effect on society. In your essay, analyze how Gioia uses one or more of the features in the directions that

precede the passage (or features of your own choice) to strengthen the logic and persuasiveness of his argument. Be sure that your analysis focuses on the most relevant features of the passage.

Your essay should not explain whether you agree with Gioia’s claims, but rather explain how Gioia builds an argument to persuade his audience.

白松老师范文：

In response to a diminishing interest Americans showed in arts, especially literature, writer Dana Gioia argues in her article ―Why Literature Matters‖ that reading literature should be advocated and

paid special attention to . She effectively builds her argument by using juxtaposition, startling facts, and emotional appeal.

Gioia starts her article off by contrasting the rise in income, college attendance, and access to information to the decline in young

Americans’ interest in the arts and in literature. Even at the slightest glance, the readers can, with ease, notice that Gioia highlights the

irony and gravity of a dwindling percentage of reading when she uses the word ―a strange thing‖ to intrigue audience to follow her through by telling us ―While income rose...actually diminished.‖ By attracting readers with this shocking yet true statement, the author means to establish a background for readers to fit in, and the readers’ interest therefore is aroused in how and why this ―strange‖ decline happened. Furthermore, Gioia juxtaposes precisely chosen, powerful words to characterize reading as a ―longstanding‖ and ―fundamental cultural‖ activity that ―slip so swiftly‖ among young adults, reminding readers that reading literature has a long history and enjoys a highly cherished value and position. This further expresses his concern and increases the readers’ concern over the fact that originally important literature reading has now been reduced to a trivial state. This juxtaposition

strategy provides a baseline of sorts for readers to find credence with the author’s claims.

Merely juxtaposing evidence to create irony may not be strong

enough for building an argument, so the writer tries to evoke emotions from the readers, arousing worry as well as fear in them. To express his own worry and grab the readers’ attention to ―the most worrisome finding in the 2002 study‖, Gioia points out that ―the declining

percentage of Americans, especially young adults, reading literature‖ is ―a troubling trend‖, by revealing that ―if it were true...but book

reading of any kind is falling as well‖. This may dispel the fluke hidden within the readers that maybe people are now engaged in reading other than literature. At the end of the article, the author clearly tells us that ―reading is not a timeless, universal capability‖ without which ―our nation becomes less informed, active, and independent-minded‖, ―qualities that a free, innovative, or productive society can not afford to lose‖. At these words, readers may probably become silent for a

while to taste the worry and fear the author betrays, in the meantime, hopefully, trying to figure out how to deal with this ―troubling trend‖. This pathos strategy really strikes the readers, causing them to join the author to worry together about the young generation and to reflect on this ―strange thing‖.

In order both to achieve credibility and to stir emotion, Gioia uses

undeniable facts in her article to persuade her audience that literature reading really matters and should be highly regarded. Clearly, the author has done her research when she cites data commissioned by an authoritative source, the National Endowment for the Arts, which says ―arts participation by Americans has declined for eight of the nine major forms that are measured‖, ―most severe among younger adults (ages18--24)‖. Then, Gioia synthesizes multiple sources of evidence, such as ―the February issue of Wired magazine‖ to

conclude that the decrease in reading has implications outside of

literature, because ―in business world‖, ―business leaders consistently set imagination, creativity, and higher-order thinking at the top‖ when deciding ―talents in management positions‖, but ironically, ―skill

deficiencies among employees‖ and ―poor reading skills‖ ―appear

most clearly as active and engaged literacy declines‖. More seriously, but not surprisingly, ―a 2003 study by the National Conference of

State Legislatures‖ reveals that ―declining rates of literary...awareness among young people‖. This series of evidence and statistics,

undoubtedly, adds so much to the persuasive effect that the readers must feel the urgency and need to get down to calling back the habit of literature reading. In citing so much evidence and so many facts, Gioia strongly emphasizes the significance of literary reading, whose influence and consequence go beyond the scope of just ―reading‖, pervasive and important.

Writing as a reaction to her worry and fear that literature reading has declined universally, the author Gioia strongly argues that American people should be alert and pay special attention to literature.

Literature reading may not be the most popular trend or the most direct path toward success nowadays, yet it should always be

deemed as the source of the imagination, innovation, and productivity, which we cannot afford to lose.

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The vicissitude of history never fails to amaze us with all the changes it has brought to human life. If we trace back to see what has been changed since human civilization, seldom can we see anything that remains intact, with only one exception- the importance of reading. Despite the fact that reading has never dropped from our top priorities, few people keep the habit of it. As a reaction to such pathetic phenomenon, writer Frank Bruni draws people’s attention back to reading and encourages people to value it. Strategies he employs include contrast, credible reference and tactic reasoning that appeal to people’s emotion and agreement.

One impressive feature of this article is Bruni’s contrast at the very beginning to introduce his topic, with the next paragraphs addressing its benefits. He compares things that he always ignores such as nephew’s birthday and niece’s school production with things he never fails to overlook -reading. For the majority of people, especially teenagers, birthday party and school performance are events that family members should remember. Unfortunately, this is not the case for the author. Reading at this point, readers are left a bit disappointed at the author and tend to pay more attention to what he wants to convey next. At the cusp of people’s attention, author Bruni brings about something that deserves greater emphasis- reading: “I’m incessantly asking my nephews and nieces what they’re reading and why they’re not reading more.” Thus the readers start to realize how justifiable the author is-as nothing like a birthday party or a performance in school is comparable with the importance of reading. With the utilization of this contrast, the author successfully draws the attention from the readers and lays a solid foundation for his later argument.

Aside from this, the author’s careful choice of evidence adds credibility to the article. He cites properly a report by Common Sense Media, claiming that three is a sharp decline in the percentage of teenagers read for fun “fewer than 20 percent of 17-year-olds now read for pleasure”. At the

same time, however, the number of the young who hardly ever read or never read for pleasure elevates from “only 8 percent of 13-year-olds and 9 percent of 17-year-olds” 30 years ago to “22 percent of 13-year-olds and 27 percent of 17-year-olds “ today. This worrisome report indicates that the young no longer read as much as they used to. Linked with the previous paragraphs, the author urges the reader to weight the

disadvantage of such trend and possibly spurs some kind of response. Besides, the inclusion of an authoritative agency backs up Bruni’s point, makes the work of Bruni believable and credible.

The most exquisite technique of the passage, however, is its elaborate reasoning. From paragraph 8 to 15, the author lists all the possible benefits of reading to add weight to the persuasiveness of the article. He starts from how reading benefit the brain in paragraph 8, that interviews indicate a symbiotic relationship between reading and

intelligence. Paragraph 9 follows with a benefit to the qualities required to success, because those people who read are more adept at “ reading people” and “sizing up the social whirl around them”. If these benefits are not enough, in paragraph 10, 11, 12 and 13, the author compares reading with exposure to technological devices to indicate how reading would benefit the spirit. One obvious benefit reading offers to the spirit is that reading smoothens people “with thoughts less jumbled, moods less jangled”. The other benefit to spirit is that reading grants people “the ability to focus and concentrate”, which becomes a social corrective to “metabolism and sensory overload of digital technology”, because those who indulge themselves in technology requires something to force them to be focused and have delayed gratification. Finally, in paragraph 14 and 15, Bruni talks about the joy of reading: as the connection reading can provide to people is not anything like watching a movie is able to offer. In order to prove the zealous love people possess for reading, he sites the line from the protagonist in a famous love story that “You read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” People love reading want to share the zeal for it, because only those who read can feel the same

addiction. All these are connected well to elaborate the value of reading to not only people’s brain and success, but also spirit and gratification. The combination of all these paragraphs provides the readers with a chance to see the well-rounded and multi-layer benefits of reading, surely help the reader to deliver his idea.

All in all, the evidence and source make the reader’s idea worthy of recognition, and the tactical reasoning appeals to people’s emotion and trust. These writing techniques contribute to a well-structured and compelling argument that reading deserves more attention and emphasis.