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SAT作文常見錯誤歸納

無論在學習、工作或是生活中,大家總少不了接觸作文吧,通過作文可以把我們那些零零散散的思想,聚集在一塊。如何寫一篇有思想、有文采的作文呢?下面是小編精心整理的SAT作文常見錯誤歸納,歡迎大家分享。

SAT作文常見錯誤歸納

在SAT作文中,很多考生在語法方面的失誤和表義上的含糊不清直接導致了語言質量的下降,甚至很多時候無法讓考官理解他們所要表達的意思,因而使作文停留在6分-8分的階段而無法更進一步。句子結構,也因此成為很多同學的“痛腳”之一。在本文中會根據同學的實戰演練,對作文中經常出現的各種錯誤加以概括和總結,使同學們更好的瞭解語法和表義方面一些頻繁出現的錯誤,從而更好的改善自己作文的語言質量。

錯誤一:句子結構宂餘或缺失

很多同學雖然對於基本的句子結構條條是道,娓娓道來,真正應用在自己所寫的長句中的時候,卻容易顧此失彼,錯誤百出。很多時候是因為過於關注句子的長度和用詞的難度,卻忽略了基本的主謂賓搭配已經歪曲了。

Steve Jobs, the brilliant and talented leader of Apple, who wins the battle in harsh consumer market with great creativity.

Thomas Edison who was one of the greatest inventors in the history. In his life, the most famous and important invention was electric light.

這兩個句子反映了7分左右的考生最常見的語法錯誤。因為用比較長的同位語或定語從句來修飾句子的主語,卻忘記了這個句子其實已經沒有謂語動詞了。

According to those two examples, that’s why I agree that those people who are confident and optimistic can change their lives easily.

這個句子則是出現了另一個極端,according to…., that is why…表義過於重複。完全可以去掉其中的一個結構。

錯誤二:連詞的誤用

很多同學都明白,在基本的語法規則裏,兩個句子之間一定要有連詞來過渡和銜接。但是真正動筆的時候,卻仍然是一“逗”到底,完全不考慮是否應該根據句意間的關係來添加連詞或者把副詞和介詞混用為連詞。

Despite many other company are capable of producing such ordinary goods, Steve Jobs uses creativity to distinguish his products and apple from the crowd.

Despite和in spite of類似,都是介詞,後面應該接sth或doing sth,而不能夠引導一個完整的句子。

The reason is because confidence and optimism can give people stimulation and impel them to achieve their goals.

Because是引導狀語從句的連詞,而不能夠放在be動詞後面,引導一個表語從句。這裏應該把because換成that,引導表示陳述語氣的表語從句。

However, during the time of inventing it, Edison had thousands of failures, but he never complained about that.

這裏使用了太多的轉折連詞。However表示和上文形成語氣上的轉折,而後面一句又用了but,語氣過於跳躍,讓讀者很難跟得上作者的思路。

錯誤三:邏輯主語不一致

分詞結構能夠很好的豐富文章的語法結構,從而改善整篇文章的語言質量。但是如果用doing或done在句首或句尾的位置做狀語,則必須要注意這個動詞和整個句子的.主語要存在邏輯上的主謂關係。很多同學都想當然的根據自己的思路在句子中加上doing sth來表示原因或者結果,但卻沒有考慮好這個邏輯上的主被動關係是否存在。

His products are well-known for the unique design, adding strong functions like tapping fingers to control the phone.

這句話中adding functions的動作和主語products之間實際上是被動的關係,“產品”被“添加”上了功能,因此應該用added,而並非是adding。

Testing to have an extremely harsh disease, Stephen was predicated to live on only 2 years.

這句話中的錯誤類似,Stephen Hawking應該是被檢測出患有嚴重的疾病,因此應該改為“tested”表示被動。

錯誤四:基本語法錯誤,主謂一致,名詞的單複數,時態等等

這裏指的是很多已經達到9分或10分的同學們仍然會在“時間緊,任務重”的考場上出現很多基本的語法錯誤,例如單複數錯誤,拼寫錯誤,時態誤用等等。而這就需要同學們在動筆時有意識的注意一些基本的語法規則,儘量減少這類錯誤的出現。

Nowadays, people are facing much more difficulties to be unique but creativity is a trait that worth tracing because it is well-rewarded.

Worth是形容詞,因此應該在前面加上be動詞。

I totally agree that people who are confident and optimistic can change their lives easier than those people who are pessimistic.

Easy是形容詞,這裏應該換成副詞more easily。

When people have adversities, many people begin to complain the unfortunate situation, …

Complain通常作為不及物動詞出現,“抱怨某事”應該加上介詞about。

錯誤五:過渡過於生硬,頻繁使用連詞

有些同學受雅思託福作文的影響,總是試圖把引用名人事例寫成了分條列點的推理結構,因此出現了非常僵化的“一二三四五”的結構。例如:

Firstly, when Charles was 5, his little brother drowned in their mother’s backyard laundry tub in spite of Ray’s frantic efforts to save him. Secondly, Charles’ eyes began to mysteriously fail him. By the age of 7, Charles was blind. After that, he lost his beloved mother.

這一段的問題非常明顯,作者應該講述一個故事,描述發生在Ray Charles身上的各種不幸,而不是一條一條的按順序列舉出他面臨的困難,從而破壞了文章的連貫性(cohesion)。

錯誤六:論證過於抽象

有些同學仍然對於SAT作文的高分標準有着錯誤的認知,認為越是艱難晦澀的文字,越是高端的用詞,越能夠得到高分。實際上對於一篇作文而言,邏輯的清楚而深刻,用詞的恰當和簡潔才是更重要的。語法結構可以適當的豐富,但是並不是無限度的使用抽象用詞甚至讓人難以理解作者的思路。例如:

“However” is always being seen. Sometimes the theorem testified to be quite true can be a paradox when scrutinized from a different angle.

這篇作文是論證Is there always another explanation or another point of view?這個題目。可以看出,“theorem”,“paradox”,“scrutinize”等用詞實際上使這個句子顯得彆扭而拗口。

Change the glasses in front of your eyes and the world can be different.

“Glass in front of your eyes”出現在這裏有些突然。

It makes people’s cognizance more objective and triggers a comprehensive realization.

這句話裏面的cognizance和realization都比較抽象,不如換成更明確表義的詞語。

Individual is a main factor.

這是Can a small group of concerned individuals have a significant impact on the world?這篇作文的開頭段中的一個句子。很明顯,individual究竟是什麼的重要因素,在這裏沒有明確的指明,因而很突兀,而且空泛。

錯誤七:連用小短句

這個錯誤和上一個正好相反。有些同學不善於組織各個句子間的邏輯關係,而且把很多小短句羅列在一起,雖然語法上沒有什麼大的失誤,但是卻使整個段落的結構零散而分散,缺少整體的邏輯性。例如:

My family used to live in a village, but my parents went to urban to work and I to study. It was a long distance, so we had to spend an average of 3.5 hours in our car everyday. We had to get up early to set out and return home late at night.

這個小段落裏包括了五個短句來交代“我”的家庭背景,非常瑣碎。

Liu Xiang is a famous runner in China. We have also seen him as the pride of China until recently. Back then in 20xx Olympics, Liu Xiang astonished the world by getting the first place, Chinese were so excited.

這個句羣裏一共有四個句子,交代了Liu Xiang的身份,榮譽,獲獎,中國人的反映等,實際上完全可以再簡練些,合併為兩個到三個長句。

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