SSAT写作攻略
1.SSAT简介
2.SSAT写作介绍
3.SSAT写作题型
4.SSAT写作结构分析
5.写作注意事项
6.经典句型
考试简介
SSAT，全称Secondary School
Admission Test，中文名称为美国中学
入学考试。适用于美国、加拿大私立中
学的入学，是申请者所必须具备的一个
考试成绩 。主要测量学生的数学、语文
以及阅读理解能力，考察考生的逻辑思
维和发展潜力。
部分
SSAT四个部分
时间*数量
Writing Sample写 25分钟*1
作
Quantitative 数学 30分钟*2
Verbal词汇
Reading
Comprehension阅
读
Total 加总
题目数
量
1篇作文
25*2
30分钟*1
40分钟*1
60
40
155分钟
150+1
SSAT写作介绍
• 误区：Writing 部分不计分数，便可不必准备，
或者认为走上考场随意写上几句英语，作为形
式而已
• 重要性 ：SSAT的作文部分虽然不算分，但却
是美国校方评判你的英语综合能力的重要依据，
并将与考生的SSAT成绩一块儿寄到所申请的
学校，校方将会通过写作来判断申请者表达思
想的能力 。
SSAT写作介绍
• 时间：25分钟
• 类型：议论文为主
• 形式：通常给出一个非常经典的Topic
（话题），然后要求考生根据这个话题
完成一个Assignment(任务) 。
• 难点：表达观点并举例证明
写作题型
谚语（proverb）
陈述（statement）
开放性问题
（open question）
谚语类
• 题目：topic + assignment
• 写作要求为：针对话题表明态度（agree or
disagree）；然后采用1-2个具体的例子支持观点，
例子来源于考生自己的生活经验、他人的生活经
验、时事、历史以及文学
• Topic: Practice makes perfect.
• Assignment: Do you agree or disagree with the topic
statement? Support your position with one or two
specific examples from your own experience, the
experience of others, current events, history, or
literature.
陈述类
• 题目：topic + assignment
• 写作要求为：针对话题表明态度（agree or
disagree）；然后采用1-2个具体的例子支持观点，
例子来源于考生自己的生活经验、他人的生活经
验、时事、历史以及文学
• Topic: Students should wear uniforms to school.
• Assignment: Do you agree or disagree with the topic
statement? Support your position with one or two
specific examples from your own experience, the
experience of others, current events, history, or
literature.
开放性问题
• 类型多样
• 两种模式：1. 给出一个不完整的句子，让
考生将该句话补充完整，并作为文章的开
头继续写下去；
• 2. 给出一个问题让考生回答。
• If I could visit another city, I would choose…
• How can we help the elderly in our community?
作文审题
• 25分钟，要完成一篇论点清晰、论据充分的议
论文，是个效率活儿
• 抛弃传统英语写作中的规则方法--先写提纲，
寻找素材，打个草稿，然后定稿
• 提纲在脑海里，考生要有草稿这个过程，但是
需要在脑中形成：这个话题什么意思？我到底
是同意还是不同意？好，我同意，我要用那些
例子去证明？哪些是好例子？证明完了我如何
作结论？
• 整个思考过程不能超过5分钟
真正行文从了解Topic开始。很多考生因不理
解Topic的意思导致文章偏题。Topic通常
选取一些经典名言，俗语等，比如Two
head are better than one（三个臭皮匠
顶一个诸葛亮），Great minds think
alike（英雄所见略同）,Action speak
louder than words(事实胜于雄辩)等等，
那么有必要对英语俗语名言进行一定量的
积累，另外在考场之中碰到了没有积累到
的俗语表达，一定要大胆去分析猜测，能
基本得出该陈述要说一个什么道理就可以。
写作结构
• 段落安排 : SSAT文章通常写4-5段
三部分
开头（introduction）
1段
主干（body）
2-3段
结尾（conclusion）
1段
开头
• 第1段：主题句开宗明义表达观点，衔接/
过渡句总领全文并引出下文
• 举例：1.There is a well-known proverb that
says, “…”
2.This common saying means that…
3.In general, this statement is true/false.
5. I would like to explain why with the
following example(s).
主干
• 第2段-第3段/第4段
• 调查：谁做的调查， 调查对象是什么， 以什
么方式做的调查， 调查结果， 调查结果所反
映的问题
• 举例：An investigation to…(XX数量的人),
by…(XX教授、专家、研究人员、社会学家),
from…（什么地方的专家）, by/in the way of
asking question…, shows that...
• 例：
• An investigation, to 10,000 Chinese citizens,
by professor Hu / experts / researchers /
sociologists, from Peking University, in the
way of asking question “should capital
punishment be ended/do you agree that capital
punishment should be ended because it serves
no purpose”, shows over/about 80% of them
think that government should end the death
penalty/extremely severe sentence.
举例子
安排：第3/3-4段
段首主题句（Topic Sentence）：例子的简要介
绍+例子是如何支持题目的
例子来源：任何素材来源于生活，考生自己的经
历，身边发生的故事，所见所闻，书中读到的
电视中看到的，一切都可以成为文章中的例子
原则：1.真实性（因为具有说服性）
2.典型性
3.权威性
注意：逻辑安排，段落之间过渡词语的恰当使用
会不经意间为你加分不少
• Topic: Experience is the best teacher.
1.Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventor of
the world and who had only three month schooling,
made great achievement through repeated trials and
fails.
2.The United states, the first great democracy of the
modern world, is also one of the best examples of
success achieved by studying and learning from
earlier failures.
3.The example of Shi Yuzhu’s success as an
entrepreneur in various fields also shows how
effectively learning from mistakes and failures can be.
例子来源
• 1．自己的经验
• Example 1:
In our daily life, the idea that “the simpler the better” always
takes hold; and you will find that behind every outcome there is
always a direct cause. Take myself for example: last year, I
screwed my final exam up. I might find many excuses for myself:
like my getting a flu during that period, the teachers’ putting too
many difficult questions on the papers or the lack of enough time
to prepare. Instead, I asked myself: what is the main reason? At
last, I had to admit that I didn’t do my best to prepare for this
exam; I took too much time worrying and playing rather than
reading books. I was the one to be blamed. Realizing this, I put
more energy on my study and my scores rise dramatically this
year.
例子来源
2．他人的经验
People may admire Edison’s great inventions,
Van Gough’s precious paintings, and Madonna’s hot
body; however, people don’t see what they did for the
achievements. Take Edison for example. Before an
invention is ready to come out, Edison and his
assistants may try hundreds of times to find out how
to make the inventions work or more perfect. When
Edison discovered light bulb, he used more than one
thousand different materials to be used as the bulb
filament. Hence, people can use light bulb all over the
world because of Edison’s hard work.
3.文学
例子来源
A good example can be found in the short story called The
Last Leaf, one of O’ Henry’s well known novels. Johnsy and Sue
are artist who move into Greenwich Village in New York City. As
winter approaches and the weather gets colder, Johnsy becomes
ill with pneumonia（肺炎）. She gets so sick that she believes
that when the last leaf falls from the vine outside her window, she
will die. An old artist, named Behrman, who lives in the same
building as the girls, braves a storm one night to paint a leaf on
the wall—a leaf that will never fall. Cold and wet from painting
in the icy rain, he catches pneumonia and dies. This white lie
gives Johnsy the hope to survive her illness, and it also creates the
masterpiece Behrman had always dreamed of painting.
结尾
• 第4段/第5段：总结全文，呼应开头
• 一定要把自己的观点再拿出来强调一遍，（注意语句的
变幻多样性，以区别于第一段个人观点的陈述）。
1.All in all/ In conclusion/To summarize my point/To sum
up/Finally,…
2.From the example(s) mentioned above, we can clearly see
that… Therefore, it is true…/I agree with the point
that…
3.Finally, it is safe for us to conclude that…
4.As you can see from the examples above, I agree…
5.From above, we can clearly see…
6.So according to my personal example, such a conclusion is
quite clear that…
7.The example of xxx and xxx have vividly/ clearly showed
that …….
注意事项
写作考试需要铭记的10条注意事项：
一、书写工整，字迹清晰。
二、如果在写作的过程中出现错误想要删除，
在需删除或修改的部分画一条横线即可。
三、合理地组织文章，要让阅读者一眼就能
看出文章的基本结构。
四、在试卷所划的线和试卷的边缘内写字。
注意事项
五、紧扣主题，把握文章重心，不偏题。
六、确保文章要容易被理解。如果写了一个很长很
复杂的句子，尝试着把它们拆开，写成简单易懂
的句子。
七、尽可能去使用一些稍微高级一点的词汇。
八、特别注意经常会犯的标点和语法错误，避免重
犯。人称的使用，单复数，时态的使用。
九、学会同义词的替换。
十、留出几分钟的时间检查自己的语法、拼写等错
误，尽可能少的犯错。
备考策略
一、加强自己的语法功底。
二、积累常用的写作词汇和句型。
三、多分析范文、积累好词、好句子。
四、了解当今时事、历史和文学，积累写作
素材。
五、坚持不懈地练习。