710 Score New Type Questions College English Test Band 4 Direct Hit Key Points 12 Sentences Essay Method

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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The "Twelve-Sentence Essay Method" is a template-based essay writing technique developed by analyzing past CET-4 writing test questions. Its core is to apply corresponding templates based on the requirements of the writing test prompts, thereby producing CET-4 essays composed of twelve sentences that are thematically focused and logically strong. This writing method is both simple and practical, ensuring that candidates can write high-scoring essays while saving exam time. In summary, the "Twelve-Sentence Essay Method" has the following characteristics:
1. "Building Block" Essay Model
The "building block" writing mindset views writing an essay as assembling a house with building blocks. The paragraphs that form the essay are seen as the materials—building blocks. To build a house (write an essay), one must first determine the layout (essay structure), then select suitable building blocks (paragraphs). The building blocks (paragraph templates) are fixed, but the house construction (essay writing) is flexible—this is the greatest feature of the "Twelve-Sentence Essay Method." Many candidates, when writing, neither think about the overall structure of the essay nor outline it. They write one sentence at a time, and after a few sentences, they cannot continue—naturally, this leads to poor essays. This book aims to help students grasp the overall layout and structure of essays and provides exhaustive paragraph templates for various types of postgraduate entrance exam essays, teaching them a new way of thinking about writing.
2. "Three-Part" Essay Structure
All essays should include an introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction can describe information, reveal problems or implications, explain phenomena, or express the theme, serving as a "bird's-eye view." The body can explain causes, provide examples, illustrate results, analyze advantages, or compare differences, being the main part of explaining the issue. The conclusion can propose solutions, express personal opinions, attitudes, or suggestions, summarize and conclude the entire essay, ensuring a smooth ending. Each of the three parts forms a complete paragraph, interconnecting and complementing each other to create an organic whole. Each paragraph consists of four sentences, forming the complete structural model of the "Twelve-Sentence Essay Method." It is worth noting that this book also summarizes corresponding twelve-sentence templates for various application essays, which correspond to the "Twelve-Sentence Template Combination Method" for non-application essays, allowing candidates to apply templates and write quickly regardless of the essay type.
3. "Write the Fixed First, Then the Flexible" Writing Principle
Although templates may seem fixed, it is important to avoid rigidly applying them. "Write the fixed first" means memorizing various template sentence patterns and mastering their structural levels to prepare for writing. "Write the flexible" means flexibly applying different templates based on the content of the essay and reasonably expanding new templates. The templates of the "Twelve-Sentence Essay Method" for various types come from the study of twenty-one true questions from 1996 to 2005. Therefore, in the practice section, the templates are returned to the true questions to prove their applicability. Additionally, a large number of predicted question types are provided for further training. For each question, an analysis and outline are first conducted, different paragraph templates are applied, and then excellent model essays are provided. Through comments on the model essays, candidates are guided to gradually master the writing process, subconsciously familiarize themselves with various templates, and ultimately achieve proficiency in applying templates. This allows candidates to deeply experience the essence of the "Write the Fixed First, Then the Flexible" principle of the "Twelve-Sentence Essay Method" in practice.