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想在短期內克服寫作單項，如果僅僅模仿劍橋范文，必定是美中不足，甚至是不智之舉，因為通常在字里行間找不到任何缺點，也學不到多少優點。考官答題的方法因人而異，因時而異，因題而異，所以不管是官方書本，或之外的作品，應該各有所長。一般人認為稱職的烤鴨不能忽視劍橋范文，佛則吃虧在眼前。
說明個人打造寫作格式的必要，貓頭鷹引用曾任考官的英國佬Simons，提醒每位童鞋自創一套駕輕就熟的個人寫法，藉以不變應萬變。
Model essays can be extremely useful because they show you what you are aiming for, and they contain good vocabulary and correct grammar. However, the model essays in some IELTS books seem to confuse students because they are written in many different ways.
Although there is no "right way" to write any essay, you should find one way and stick with it. If you write in a different way, don't worry! Use the essays for ideas and vocabulary, but don't change your method. Maybe you could even rewrite the model essays using your method.
至于如何鑄造適個性的寫作方法，貓頭鷹建議古今中外公認的議論文心圖，搞定【起承轉合】的前呼后應，邏輯連貫：
第一段：起有趣——申論主題（話題從寬而窄，起中有合）
1. 提出答題的立場，藉以限定主題的范圍。
2. 提出議論的焦點，藉以縮小主題的話題。
3. 提出焦點的兩面，藉以預表主題的論證。
第二段：承有理——支持主題（邏輯論證：理由例子細節）
第三段：轉有理——支持主題（邏輯論證：理由例子細節）
第四段：合有力——重申主題（話題由窄而寬，合中有起）
1. 歸納焦點的兩面，藉以綜合承轉的論證。
2. 還原議論的焦點，藉以擴大主題的話題。
3. 再提答題的立場，藉以重申文章的主題。
考官或外教寫英文范文，占盡母語的便宜而信口開河，而出口成章。多數范文趨向樸實，正是這種自然平凡最難學了。自然成習慣，習慣成自然。新鮮烤鴨寫作難免困難重重，不信若換成老外寫漢文雅思，那還不是笑話百出？
貓頭鷹愛吃辣，總覺得劍橋范文全是營養十足，只嫌部分作品味道不夠刺激。任何文章如果缺乏刺激，顯然不好玩又不好記住。劍橋系列亮光閃閃，好處說不盡，比如說英文的亮點：修辭的效率，句法的變換，字匯的恰當。談到作文的亮點，可能個別范文往往有所不同。網友不妨檢驗三個亮點：主題有焦點？結構有組織？內容有論證？
劍橋范文不論作者，到底哪幾篇對你最來電？也許可以利用特別喜歡的范文格式來改裝為自己行文的格式。寫作如開車，只要自己擁有一套固定的寫法，有如上快車道。
》貓頭鷹閱讀心得：
——沒有任何范文值得全篇背誦，倒是應該牢記若干寫作時可能用得上的完整句子。
——體驗寫作技巧，如何發展主題，結構，內容。
——親手筆記作者所提出的好用ideas作為例證的參考，如理由，例子，細節。
——不同的寫手有不同的格式，不可能都學，也不必死心跟定一人，只有利用自己的格式才能駕輕就熟。
——潛移默化范文的靠譜亮點（寫作評分標準）：完整答題，邏輯連貫，字匯靈活，句法修辭。
——滿分范文的特點是平凡，其實最難學的是平凡，也就是文體自然而不生硬，又不好高騖遠。
》評分考官提醒（Writing Exam Skills）：
1. Read the topic carefully to understand what you are asked to write about. You may want to read it more than once.
2. Think before you write. You may take notes about a logical plan to develop your essay.
3. Write grammatically at rhetorical, syntactic and lexical levels.
4. How well you write is much more important than how much you write. What matters more is the overall quality of your essay.
5. Don't bother learning essays by heart to use in the exam. Examiners are looking out for this kind of response and will mark you down for it.
6. It's much better to work on developing your good writing skills.
7. You can't impress by copying words and phrases from the question paper. Try to use your own words at all times.
8. Try to avoid repeating the same words, phrases and ideas too often. Use as wide a range of vocabulary as you can. It's also better to avoid repeating the same idea too often.
9. Explore different ideas to provide a balanced response.
10. Leave time to check your answer at the end. If you can, check spelling mistakes, verb and subject agreements, singular/plural nouns, and the flow of your writing.
OWL：貓頭鷹在線寫作實驗室議論文
海外大學教師謝振禮Jeenn Lee Hsieh
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