托福寫作論據通常來自兩個角度：個人和社會。個人角度通常會涉及到個人的身體和心理的健康，個人的動機，夢想，興趣愛好，職業和學業，家庭背景，個人生活方式以及個人的能力。社會角度一般包括政府稅收，教育，民族文化，經濟，能源環境以及社會秩序。
　　在考生拿到一個托福作文題目后，無論對這個題目持有什么樣的立場，都可以按照以上兩個方面來構思。下面，我們可以通過分析兩個例題來感受上述方法。
　　1. Government should be responsible for the tuition fee of university students. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
　　題目的意思是政府該不該支付大學生的學費，針對這個題目，無論是同意還是不同意，我們都按個人和社會兩個角度來看一下。
　　同意
　　個人：For those students who are with great intelligence but from poor families， government surely should be responsible for their tuition fee and provide them opportunities to go to school and then release pressure for their families. 因為此題討論的是大學生的學費，正如前面所提到的，個人的構思角度包括"個人家庭經濟背景"。
　　社會：As we all know， economy is a master key to a country's development and it is undeniable that students who finish their education are the main force pushing forward social and economic development， for which government should encourage education for the benefits of the whole society. 既然從社會角度出發，就要試著往這方面靠攏，首先想想學生接受教育對社會的益處是什么?上文提到，社會角度包括"經濟"，所以政府支持教育必然對推進社會經濟發展有好處。
　　不同意
　　個人：Paying tuition fee for university students can make them access to education easier， therefore， some students may lose motivation without financial pressure and will not cherish the studying opportunities. As a consequence， it is hard to guarantee the quality of university education. 個人的角度包括"學習動機"，政府給大學生支付學費可能會讓他們喪失學習動機，從而影響教學質量。
　　社會：Due to the limited financial budget， government is likely to suffer a great pressure if spending too much money on education; as a result， our government will not have extra energy to develop in other fields， such as science and technology， as well as the medical advances， which are also with great significance to society.
　　我們之前也提到，社會的構思角度除了"教育"之外還有其他方面，例如"經濟"或者"文化"或者"環境保護"。所以一旦政府在教育上花費過多，其他領域的發展就會受到限制。
　　2. Machines can do a lot of work for human being， it can bring many benefits. To what extent do you agree or disagree.
　　同意
　　個人：More work can be done in a relatively shorter time， which can greatly increase the working efficiency and improve quality of life by reducing the working tense; the benefits of this trend also can ensure safety of employees as some work with great danger can rely on machines
　　個人角度包括個人的身體健康(人身安全)和生活方式。所以這里的論據 "減輕勞動強度"和 "增強安全程度"正是來源于此。而且Reduce the working tense之后就意味著生活將會更輕松即"改善生活方式"。
　　社會：The economic development speeds up due to the improvement of productivity by using machines， which never feel tired and are not dependent external factors， such as emotion and weather.
　　社會包括"經濟"，所以機器代替人類能夠提高社會生產力，從而促進"社會經濟"發展。
　　不同意
　　個人：Relying on machines too much may lead to lack of exercise and then cause human's healthy problems. 個人角度包含"個人的健康"問題。因此我們可以想到如果過多的依賴機器，人們就會缺乏運動從而導致健康水平下降。
　　社會：Some handicraft skills cannot be passed on and the traditional culture may die out since the skilled workers have been replaced by machines. Moreover， it is usually more resource consuming and causes environmental problems by using machines in the mass production.因為社會包括"傳統文化"，進一步我們可以想到機器工作多了必然導致人們的手工技能或者稱之為傳統文化將會在社會中消亡。同時，社會包括"環境問題"。機器雖然可以提高效率，但是會消耗能源或者排放一些污染環境的物質，因為會涉及到環保問題，同樣屬于社會的構思角度。