GRE作文应该如何写？？
本文作者：路莎
随着内卷的加剧，很多欧美院校都提高了它们对写作成绩的要求，不少理工科“王牌项目”的写作分数已经达到了4.0！
面对这种情况，我们怎么在相对较短的时间内，用小技巧快速提升我们的写作成绩呢？
答案就两个字—细节。
不管是Issue还是Argument，都是需要有足够多的细节论述来支撑的。下面以Argument为例，来告诉大家我们的细节需要有“多详细”，才满足ETS对我们的要求。
Over the past two years, the number of shoppers in Central Plaza has been steadily decreasing while the popularity of skateboarding has increased dramatically. Many Central Plaza store owners believe that the decrease in their business is due to the number of skateboard users in the plaza. There has also been a dramatic increase in the amount of litter and vandalism throughout the plaza. Thus, we recommend that the city prohibit skateboarding in Central Plaza. If skateboarding is prohibited here, we predict that business in Central Plaza will return to its previously high levels.
这是我们冲分班课后打卡的题目，之所以选择它，是因为它对大家的细节论述有比较高的要求。
文章这句话：
Many Central Plaza store owners believe that the decrease in their business is due to the number of skateboard users in the plaza ，
暗含了一对因果错误：作者认为CP不受欢迎的原因是有人在滑滑板。既然这是错误，那我们就要开始列举其他有可能影响CP生意的原因来支撑。
有同学会说，那可能是因为CP的产品没吸引力导致的，这样人们就不愿意去了，人自然就少了。
看似这个点好像很合理，但其实它是有逻辑断层的。
因为原文说的是消费者人数减少，所以说明原来有很多人愿意来CP购物的。试想如果它的产品有问题，为什么原来人们愿意来，现在不愿意了呢？
为了填补这层逻辑空白，我们需要继续进行解释——
正是因为它过去取得了很大的成功，所以CP沾沾自喜，没有及时提升自己的产品，导致它无法满足顾客们新的消费需求，久而久之人们就不愿意去CP购物了。
这样，我们的逻辑论述才算完整。
所以，我在课堂上会引入一个非常的概念叫“逻辑闭环”。
我们只有通过丰富的细节，让我们的攻击逻辑变得“无懈可击”，才可以拿到很高的逻辑分数，从而降低我们的语言表达压力。
GRE作文高分文章的特点：要么逻辑贼棒，要么语言贼强。
对于绝大多数国际学生来讲，提升逻辑是可以短期见效的。
在Argument中，只要大家的3段中心段落搭建起了完整的逻辑闭环，语言不要出问题（不高级完全没问题），文章结构合理，拿4.0是妥妥的。
平时，大家一定要多多熟悉Argument的11种逻辑错误，掌握常见的攻击套路，这样我们在考场上就会很充裕的时间来进行写作。
大家在平时的练习中，千万不要盲目背诵高大上的句式。
因为没有扎实的内容，高大上的语言显得格外空虚。
此外，逻辑严谨的论述过程，还可以保证我们的文章足够长（450-500词）。
提高GRE写作要怎么做
对于参加GRE写作考试的同学来说，想要取得好成绩需要掌握一些方法。为了帮助同学们更好的了解GRE写作，希望能给有需要的同学提供帮助，也希望同学们可以取得好成绩。
GRE写作提分心得：研究范文
所谓范文就是由众多GRE考试专家学者总结出来的重要辅导材料，都是针对考题写出的高分满分范例文章。因此，对于范文，考生要做的就是不仅能熟记于心，更要对范文进行逐词逐句的分析，分析文章的逻辑顺序，词语的选择，以及文章的修辞，这些都是不可多得的财富。
GRE写作提分心得：准备模板
每一个GRE考生都需要有自己的写作模板。在考场上，很多同学可能会因为紧张造成大脑的短路，平时常练习的一些词语或者逻辑都会突然消失，脑子里一篇空白。这就要求考生在平时总结出不同的模板，多加记忆，就算到时候考场紧张，大脑也会条件性反射出一些具有条理的句子，为自己的作文增光添彩。
GRE写作提分心得：修改文章
很多考生在备考练习作文时常常写过就算。但其实，一旦一篇作文出炉，不能将之束之高阁，要多进行修改，查漏补缺，随时寻找自己文章中的不足，经过反复的修改，才能提高自己的写作和创作水平。
GRE写作提分心得：勤于思考
有思考的人生才是充实的，GRE作文也是如此。当我们看的别人优秀的著作时，首先要学习，其次，要进行对比，看别人的角度为什么比自己的贴切，从而提升自己看问题的角度。三人行必有我师，要不断学习，多思考，充实自己的大脑，为自己的创作提供素材。
GRE写作提分心得：熟悉题库
GRE作文一大亮点就是作文题库的完全公开。因此考生如果能对题库中每一篇文章都进行逻辑分析，熟记每道题的逻辑分析，会为你在考试中节省大量时间，更合理地安排自己的作文创作，而不需要在考试过程中再去分析题目逻辑，浪费不必要的时间。
GRE写作提分心得：善于学习
备考GRE不能闭门造车，集思广益，通过各个途径和其他考友老师多交流才能更快的提高。大家的意见和讨论，有时候可能突然会打通你对一件事的看法，很多时候大家的讨论，对于你来说就是很多不同的角度，多学习对自己有益无害。
关于GRE写作的一些提分心得，就和大家分享到这里，相信所有看完上文的同学，应该都会有所收获，希望这些心得能够对大家的GRE写作提供一些帮助。
TIPS：GRE考试写作备考练笔要求
考生对于GRE写作要求的两种作文都要做到保证每天至少要看一点写过的提纲。如果选择用模考软件练笔，也要争取27分钟写到400+，如果对自己写的文章不知道如何评估，可以找一些老师或者写作能力较强的同学帮助批改。同时也要注意对句子进行润色和再修饰。
GRE作文满分是多少
作文满分是6分。
改革后数学为130-170，语文为130-170，写作为0-6分。最低130+130+0，最高170+170+6。
GRE由美国教育考试服务中心ETS主办，适用于申请除法律、商科和医学专业外的各专业研究生院； 新GRE考试语文（170满分）和数学（170满分）及分析性写作（6分）； 语文和数学两个科目成绩区间均为130分-170分，即单科全部题目错误130分，全部题目正确170分。
扩展资料：
GRE (Graduate Record Exam）适用于除了法律（需参加LSAT考试）与商业（需参加GMAT考）以外的各种学科与专业的研究生考试。GRE考试分两种（平常所说GRE考试都是指General test）：一般能力或称倾向性测验（General test或Aptitude Test);专业测验或称高级测验（Subject Test或Advanced Test）。
考生需要根据自身的条件和申请学校的要求参加其中一项或双项考试。普通考试的目的在于：根据大学毕业生的基础知识和能力水平，对考生在高级阶段从事学术研究的一般潜在能力作出衡量，而不涉及任何专业的特殊要求。专业考试的目的则在于测试考生在某一学科领域或专业领域中所获得的知识和技能以及能力水平的高低。
参考资料来源：百度百科-gre
请问：GRE作文怎么样才能拿到高分甚至是满分呢？评分标准是什么？
想要GRE作文得高分甚至满分，那么首先就需要了解GRE作文的评分标准，投其所好，知己知彼才是取得GRE作文高分的有力手段。
A 6 paper presents a cogent, well-articulated analysis of the complexities of the issue and conveys meaning skillfully.
A typical paper in this category:
presents an insightful position on the issue;
develops the position with compelling reasons and/or persuasive examples;
sustains a well-focused, well-organized analysis, connecting ideas logically;
expresses ideas fluently and precisely, using effective vocabulary and sentence variety;
demonstrates facility with the conventions(i.e., grammar, usage, and mechanics) of standard written English but may have minor errors.
1. complexity:事物的两面性(同一事物有优点就有缺点，相比较的事物有各自的优缺点)，从多角度分析事物(分析不同领域中，不同情况下)。论点一边倒的GRE作文论述得再好也只能得5分。
2.insightful position：在有全面深刻理解的基础上，观点最好新颖独到(对ets来说)，但必须保证能自圆其说。5分文的要求是well-considered position,因此只要求多论述几个理由，多考虑几个方面，表明你确实好好思考过，而不强求对GRE作文论述题目有全面深刻的认识。所以，若对某方面论题不了解，还有一个月就要上考场的话，就不必花大时间饿补相关知识，只需看看别人的提纲，结合自己肚里的东西(足够)，整理出自己的提纲，考场上有条理性的加以论证。但切记，既然在这个给分点上你已经失去了优势，就应该在其他给分点下功夫：论述结构，论证技巧以及语言运用(参看本文其他部分的分析)。
3. conveys meaning skillfully:可用于论证的一切技巧。比如文章的行文方向，起承转合不用明显的标志词(first, second, however, on the other hand, the second example illustrating my point)，而是依靠论述的内在脉络自然而然的引到下一块内容。总之是看不到transitional phrases确能明显感觉到GRE作文论述的方向及其改变(例ets范文2, 6分文的第二段首句的作用)。再比如巧妙地运用引言代替自己的reason(如ets范文1的As the head once said)。再有一个深受老美喜爱的论证技巧：vivid metaphor(如ets范文1的to inspect only one's toenails is to ignore the whole body)，使枯燥的reason生动形象。总之，此点是用来筛选6分文的，故对5分文作者不要求。5分文的要求是conveys meaning clearly,所以把话说清楚别词不达意，茶壶煮饺子倒不出来就行。
4. compelling reasons：reason就已经够令人头疼的了，有加了个compelling)：这是最重要的一个得分点。就是你的理由及其论证，目的是让读者认可你的理由，从而接受论点。5分文要求logically sound reasons,结合ets范文可看出6分文要求理由非常有说服力，而5分文要求理由合常理，读者认为没错即可。
5.persuasive examples：用来支持reason的，使抽象的reason更具体，更易被读者理解，从而产生共鸣，或使其更可信，更有说服力。可用的例子有自己的经历，引言。在范文里Ets重点表扬过两种举例方式：
1). extended examples(见范文1, 6分文)，叙述例子的过程就是reason的过程;
2). examples are varied(见反问2，6分文)，举各个领域的例子或例子涉及的范围很广。恰切的例子一定要论述充分(不然ets都替你可惜)。
5分文要求well- chosen examples, 4分要求是relevant examples，因此我个人认为，要达到5分要求，例子一定得典型，多少有点说服力。个人经历是最好的例子，但不能是特例。
6. well-focused:简单说就是不跑题。GRE作文中心论点明确，全文不跑题;各段主题句明确，围绕主题句论述。使读者读完后对行文脉络，各段段意有清晰的印象。5分的要求是：is focused，内容上不如6分文联系那么紧密，但也应给读者留下同样的印象
7.well-organized：文章采用的论述结构，分几个部分论述，每部分有几段，各部分、各段间的关系是什么。切记，每个大的论述单元后要小结;全文结尾(最后一段)要对全文进行总结延伸：不能单纯的重复罗列各分论点，要根据全文的论证脉络，把论述过的分论点有机的结合起来(可用一些起承转合词)，起到深化GRE作文主题的作用。全文结尾的总结很重要，运用好了能鬼使神差的把跑题的文章变成考虑全面，论述充分的好文(例ets范文2，6分文)。
相比较下，许多人提倡的文章开头的提纲挈领反倒只有坏处没有好处：一是很容易弄的文章头重脚轻;二是这样做束缚了作者的手脚，后面的每一步论证都要考虑是否回应了文首的概括，反而不能reason fluently。三是容易弄巧成拙，本来是想让阅卷人清晰地把握文章内容，可他很可能会觉得你的reason不够skillfully,而且在文章结尾的时候，得再一次总结全文(必不可少)，若对英语的驾驭不是很好，很可能重复文首的那句话，这恰巧是阅卷人最善于揪的一个小辫子(可从ets范文评语中出现的频率看出)。
再说，能够在开头把文章就概括得很好对我们来说也不容易。所以，还是把精彩的放到后头，前面简单的表明立场即可。
8.connecting ideas logically：using transitional phrases起承转合词，过渡句，或有此种作用的句子，总之起到help organize the ideas and move the argument forward(摘自ets范文评语)。5分作文要求connecting ideas appropriately,个人认为就是ets可以容忍用transitional phrases把不logical的ideas强行联系到一起，起码表面上过得去。所以，当你觉得段与段间的内容衔接得不顺，就干脆加个明显的起承转合词。
9. fluently：跟着感觉走没错。
10. precisely:不要罗嗦，表达简洁。但如果以上几点做得好，这缺点可以忽略不计。
11. effective vocabulary：基本上挺难，但不影响大局，为避免重复大胆的用你想用的词，GRE作文阅卷人能理解。
12. sentence variety：最好长短句结合，ets藐视总用短句的人：Since most of the sentences are short and choppy, the ideas they try to communicate are also choppy(摘自ets范文1，1分文评语)。
13.还有语法错误等等，小毛病，先把上面的问题解决好在理它吧。
最后提醒大家注意几点：
1.没有十分地把握，不要乱下定义，严重的损害议论文严谨的文风。
2. ets讨厌重复：不论是内容上还是形式上，总结也要做到避免重复有层次，先表面后深刻，先分段后整体.
好的GRE作文是一套完整的思维过程，在这一点上，如果中文作文写的出色的考生，在考虑文章写作的连贯性角度讲就要更胜一筹。所以，对于新GRE写作的考察，避免单词罗列以及不知所云，而是尽量提出独特观点来赢得高分。
GRE作文如何拿高分
1. 整体结构
文章gre高分作文的整体结构框架其实就是一篇作文好坏gre高分作文的最重要标准。一般来说gre高分作文，一篇标准的GRE高分作文往往是按照开头gre高分作文，还有结尾加上中间三个段落的五段式写法来的菜是比较常见的。因此gre高分作文，考生对于一篇文章的写作至少都要去列出3个分论点，以便可以确保中间三段言之有物，同时在开头和结尾也需要发挥出各自相应的引导和总结的作用。
2. 逻辑论证
GRE作文有两篇，而大家要明白无论是立论文ISSUE还是驳论文ARGUMENT，其本质都是属于议论文的，因此如何让文章显得有说服力就成为了关键所在。无论是想要让自己的论点能够站得住脚，还是想要让对方的观点显得错误百出，这些往往都需要考生通过逻辑论证来得以实现。因此，逻辑论证的合理性、还有对观点挖掘的深度，以及还有分论点之间的的连贯性，都是考生需要在写作中去不断体现出来以支撑逻辑论证的。
3. 遣词造句
一篇好的作文自然会离不开对于词句上的运用。老师觉得合理正确没有语法错误只能算是达标，而如果想要让GRE作文得到4分以上的评价，那么考生就需要在达标以上再去进一步进行遣词造句的优化运用。句式大家在使用上需要多样化，这样能够避免简单句的连续出现，但是我们也不能过度的去堆砌长难句而让你及文章显得累赘。词汇运用上千万不能重复使用相同词汇，必须要体现出一定的变化展现词汇量，但同时也要确保自己所用词汇的正确表达，切记不能为了追求新颖而滥用生僻词汇，同时也需要去避免词汇间错误搭配的问题。
4. 字数篇幅
虽然GRE考试对于作文的字数篇幅从来都没有提出过比较明确的要求，但是老师根据官方公布的各类高分范文来看，发现一般来说字数在400-600字是最佳范围。
GRE作文万能例子总结
GRE 作文 万能例子 总结 !gre高分作文我们在备考GRE写作gre高分作文的时候gre高分作文，需要储备一些万能gre高分作文的例子，方便我们在写作的过程中使用。那么具体的备考过程中，大家应该储备哪些万能例子呢?下面我为大家做了整理，供大家参考。
GRE作文万能例子总结
1、 表象与本质、目的与 方法 、批评与赞扬、批判与继承
表象的对立往往意味着本质的相同。
Superficial confrontation indicates the similarity of essence.
2、 教育 类
1. For instance, applicants with Computer Science degrees would not only be qualified for jobs in high-tech companies, they would also be well prepared for any job with computer skills as a prerequisite.
2. A good education is supposed to include everything from languages to mathematics to science, etc.
3. A well-rounded education leads to well-balanced people, which in turn leads to a tolerant, knowledgeable society.
4. There are a great many children thinking the main purpose of education should be to afford them pleasure and enjoyment. (注意there be句型后的名词再加动词不能用原形!)
3、科技与人文;创新与传统
科技貌似推动人类向前，可前方是一片彷徨;人文让我们照见过往，给了我们存在希望。
Technology seemingly pushes humans forward, yet forward to the unknown; humanities mirror humans into the past, the past of existence and hope.
4、成功与事业
1. Jackie Chan once told that when he was still a teenager, he and his partners were required to practice more than 12 hours a day; and it was said Jet Li was sent to be an apprentice when he was hardly four years old.
2. Bill Gates, as we know, dropping out from university when he found the possibility of earning money in a new massive market - personal computer market. As a result, he succeeded
3. Steven Jobs found Apple company when he was young, and when his business reached the peak, he was fired by directors of board. However he never lost hope and didn't give up. Jobs set up a new company named Pixar and made several famous animation movies. Finally when Pixar was bought by Apple, Jobs returned to Apple.
5、时间性题目
传统与创新、历史是否可以被借鉴、科技与人文、进步
时间对于个体来说是线性而不可逆转的;而对于整个宇宙，无非是一个周而复始的圆圈。
Time for individuals is consecutive and irreversible, but for the universe, just a repetitive circle.
6、政府与人民
人民除了权利，什么都没有，甚至没有使用权利的基本能力。因而他们选举了一个叫做政府的机构。
Citizens, apart from claiming to have rights, in fact, have no capability to exercise their rights. Therefore, they select a government.
7、个体与集体、身份、领导者与大众
他人给了gre高分作文你身份，故而，他们就是你的地狱。
Others bestow you an identity, and thus, they are the hell.
8、政治与道德
政治是权力的斗争和利益的平衡。民主只是用制度制约人性的本恶。
Nothing is politics but the struggle of power and the balance of interests.
9、教育、传统与创新、批判思考
教育用束缚的方式，启迪了人们如何通过继承而达到颠覆的目的。
Education, by means of confinement, enlightens people to inherit and then to overthrow the past.
GRE作文提纲怎么写
1、gre写作什么时候开始练习在模考时加入提纲?
答：觉得比较适合的是在最后10天到一周的样子。因为这首先需要在一定高强度的写作练习之后，再者，需要对题目已经有了一定的把握。很多的提纲在之前都大体列过时。然后在限时中加入提纲的写作。
2、gre写作用多长时间列提纲?
答：我的 经验 是ISSUE总体比ARGU短。ISSUE大体要2-3分钟，ARGU怎么都要3分钟。可能要5分钟。
3、gre作文提纲里都要包含些什么?
答：ISSUE来说，读第一遍题目时把关键词提出来，接着将核心话题列出来，根据这个话题开始一条一条列出你要写的东西;ARGU来说，因为题目比较长，所以读题的时间就要比前者长。第一遍建议先把每一个意群讲的是什么简要提出来，排上序号;第二从这些小短句分析其 文章 结构和主要错误;第三把自己对错误的阐述顺序列出来。这样差不多是可以的了。
4、gre作文列提纲的一些技巧
答：需要在练习中找到自己的记录法，哪种缩写是自己看得明了的。不要记出来的摘要最后自己还要辨析几分钟，建议在平时列提纲的时候就有意识的做一下限定时间练习，看2-3分钟能不能把大体的框架列出来。
GRE写作提纲的技巧：
一：明白什么时候开始练习在模考时加入新GRE作文提纲
对于考生来说比较适合的时间是在最后10天到一周的样子。因为这首先需要在一定高强度的写作练习之后，再者，需要对题目已经有了一定的把握。很多的提纲在之前都大体列过。然后在限时中加入提纲的写作。
二：了解需要多长时间才能列好GRE作文提纲推荐阅读：gre论坛 gmat论坛 托福写作机经 gre报名流程
我的经验是ISSUE总体比ARGU短。GRE ISSUE作文大体要2-3分钟，ARGU怎么都要3分钟。可能要5分钟。
三：弄清GRE作文提纲里都要包含些什么
对ISSUE来说，读第一遍题目时把关键词提出来，接着将核心话题列出来，根据这个话题开始一条一条列出你要写的东西;ARGU来说，因为题目比较长，所以读题的时间就要比前者长。
第一遍建议先把每一个意群讲的是什么简要提出来，排上序号;第二从这些小短句分析其文章结构和主要错误;第三把自己对错误的阐述顺序列出来。这样差不多是可以的了。
四：掌握一些制定GRE作文提纲的小技巧
需要在练习中找到自己的记录法，哪种缩写是自己看得明了的。要记出来的摘要最后自己还要辨析几分钟。建议在平时列提纲的时候就有意识的做一下限定时间练习，看2-3分钟能不能把大体的框架列出来。掌握了这些你就能轻轻松松拿到一个让你满意地GRE分数。
GRE作文 范文 ：过度专业化问题
GRE写作题目：
“Academic disciplines have become so specialized in recent years that scholars' ideas reach only a narrow audience. Until scholars can reach a wider audience，their ideas will have little use.”
近些年来，学科已经细化到了相当的程度以至于学者们的理念只影响小范围的人群。除非学者们能拥有影响等大范围的人群，否则他们的理念将几乎毫无用处。
GRE作文范文：
Although academic disciplines have become so specialized in recent years，scholars' ideas can still reach a wide audience by the advantage of the knowledge structure. We can simply put that it is the human beings' knowledge structure that makes it possible for a scholar's ideas in his specialized discipline to reach a much wider audiences who don't necessarily belong to his own discipline.
The reason why I draw this conclusion will be illustrated by recalling the process of social evolution.
During the passed centuries，the social economy has been greatly boosted by the revolutions in science and technology，which in turn increases the width and depth of academic disciplines to solve unencountered and more complex problems arising in the new situations. To solve new problems，we probably need new methods. That will undoubtedly calls for invention of new ideas，which will certainly adds to human beings' knowledge. Thus with the progress of science and technology，more and more knowledge will be added to the old system. A new problem will come： how the newly obtained knowledge is organized. This problem will be clear when we make classification of the new knowledge according to the old knowledge system. If there is content of the newly-get that doesn't properly belong to any sort of the old system，it means a
new discipline will emerge. But could we just assert that the newly formed discipline doesn't possess any relationship with any of the old ones? Certainly not. This is because the new knowledge is obtained through the old methods，which obviously means the new knowledge do have some connections with some old disciplines，otherwise I am quite sure we could not find it!
From the above，we can easily reach the conclusion that every academic discipline has certain relationships with some other ones. The structure of human's knowledge is just like the complexity of a net! And also it is a natural trend that academic disciplines become more and more specialized.
With the depositing and specializing process of knowledge，it causes humans to accommodate themselves to this situation. Because the God gives every person a limited time and energy，it is necessary for a person，who wants to make progress in his discipline，to adjust his knowledge structure to adapt to his research domain，that is to say，to be more devoted to his own research area. On the other hand，if he cares too much for unrelated or less related area，he will probably not be able to bring innovation to his main academic discipline. Simply put，we almost cannot find a man who constructs the Theory of Relativity and in the mean time composes symphony like Mozart's! So we can say every scholar must be more devoted to his own discipline than to others，but a wider knowledge of other disciplines sometimes involuntarily invokes sparks of new ideas.
GRE写作满分范文
"Wisdom is rightfully attributed not to people who know what to look for in life but to people who know what to overlook."
The quotation is certainly correct, insofar as it describes at least an element of wisdom. In other words, I do agree with the proposition, subject to the proviso that the achievement of wisdom may well also involve other traits or attributes.
Having qualified my answer somewhat, I must endorse the principles put forth in the quotation. Overlooking -- or, perhaps, forgetting -- is a crucial skill one needs to master in order to navigate the often-treacherous paths of life without undue torment. From my own experience, and from observations of friends, family members and business associates, I am well aware of the pitfalls which await those who fail to overlook the petty, the unnecessary and the irrelevant.
In modern America, as it happens, the importance of overlooking is probably greater than ever before. Even a person trying to lead a quiet, simple life encounters an endless stream of annoyances, errors and petty demands such as paperwork, filing numbers and taxes; long lines at the bank; exponentially aggravating traffic jams and sullen, uncooperative coworkers and neighbors. Those of us who cannot overlook such annoyances will invariably succumb to self-defeating dismay.
The ability to overlook also reflects a healthy sense of proportion and priorities. The wise "overlooker" will ignore his or her spouse's failings after making a considered judgment that these are outweighed, in the long run, by greater and more significant strengths. for example, what wise or reasonable person would destroy a marriage solely because an otherwise faithful, kind, generous, intelligent and prosperous partner occasionally tosses socks on the floor?
An elderly aunt of mine makes a striking example. Long widowed, she now spends her days sitting in her apartment, carping endlessly about the many relatives who have slighted her. Nobody calls enough. Nobody pays her any atention. Nobody cares, she says.
And, indeed, why should they? Who wants to visit with someone, elderly or otherwise, who does nothing but complain, find fault and scour for slights? Were she wiser, perhaps she would ignore or even suppress her interminable grievances and take more interest in the world at large, including the very individuals whose attention she purportedly craves.
The paradigm of overlooking applies with equal force in the worlds of business and politics. Look at Richard Nixon: a brilliant, often original thinker, he was nonetheless continually obsessed with minutiae and the unimportant. On some level, I'm sure, he himself realized the dramatic impact of such a glaring character flaw; when the situation was long past salvaging, he exhorted his staff and friends to "Never be petty," a dictum he honored far more in the breach than in the observance.
More prosaically, in business and everyday life, it is indeed the wise person who overlooks or ignores a vast amount. Why come home every day nurturing a grudge? Why spend time grappling with activities, people or attitudes which bring nothing but pain and torment? Still, most of us do, at least somewhat, and find ourselves far diminished for it.
In sum, I think it's safe to say that much in this world merits not even a cursory examination, and those among us are wiser and happier who can successfully budget their time and energy in order to avoid negativity.
Comments:
This is a thoughtful, well-articulated analysis of the issue.
The response opens with a clear endorsement of the stated claim, along with an acknowledgement that wisdom involves additional traits. The writer then begins building an argument that modern life is so full of "petty annoyances" that it would be "self-defeating" to pay much attention to them. Using, first, examples that illustrate the trivial demands encountered everyday (e.g., paperwork, traffic jams), the analysis moves on to personal types of experiences (a partner annoying habits; an aunt self-pity) and then to politics, where, the writer implies, Nixon met his political demise at least partly because of his obsession with "minutiae and the unimportant." The examples clearly support the writer position and lead effectively to the concluding observation about learning to "budget" our time and energy to avoid the negative aspects of life.
In several places, the skillful use of questions helps move the analysis along. And throughout, the skillful use of sentence variety and precise vocabulary combine to convey meaning effectively, as in this excerpt: "when the situation was long past salvaging, he [Nixon] exhorted his staff and friends to a dictum he honored far more in the breach than in the observance." This kind of insightful, articulate analysis merits a score of 6.
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