如何哇评分机构. What is impressive to these graders? And actually the answers might surprise you. They're a little more mechanical and less dramatic than you might assume. 让我们来看看我在这里的提示清单，以便你更好地了解我会谈论的是什么。

And I'll say that I would give you a very different lesson if I was telling you how to wow your college professors, whole different story. ACT essay graders are not looking for original creative views. I mean, creativity is nice, they probably will appreciate it, but it's not going to count for more points in and of itself. Let's look at what that ACT is not going to reward you for.

Depth, riskiness, artistry, passion, courage, original thinking. It breaks my heart to do this and I'm sure it break some of their hearts when they have to give people low scores who are exhibiting these great traits. But that's not what this whole assignment is about. So those skills will be great for you in college, I guarantee it. But this is about getting really, really solid on the structure, the structure of an essay, the structure of an argument.

这些是将为您提供最佳分数的东西。你想有一个明确的论点， use specific examples, have thoughtful transitions, strong analysis, find flaws in opposing arguments and basically write a lot. Have a Clear Argument. Your thesis statement (your argument) should appear where 学生期望找到它，这是在介绍结束时。

所以让我们说分配是写入智能机器。和我们的学生Cory，位于比赛之上 在第一个段落结束时拼写它，完美。使命的第一部分完成。 Now let's take a look at the example and evaluate Corey's argument. Intelligent machines are changing our world, for better or worse.

这句话不是一个强大的论点。它更像是一个段落开始的句子，但是 even then if I were advising Corey I'd say don't use this sentence. Let's just kind of give it another go here. Why? Well, for one it's too vague.

They're changing our world. Isn't everything changing our world? And what is the for better and/or for worse? Which one are you gonna be talking about? 不论结果好坏？什么更好，更糟糕的是？

目标是什么？幸运的是，Cory出现了更好的选择。 Although intelligent machines improve efficiency and prosperity in the workplace, the toll they take on relationships is not worth the monetary gain. Great, this is clear.

And if you want to learn more about how to construct strong arguments, strong thesis statements, watch our lesson on thesis statements in particular. 这里的那一点是，如果你没有明确的论点，那就没有这个哇，1号，你不会得到高档。 You will lose your grader very early on. They'll try and give you the benefit of the doubt, but you've lost legitimacy and 如果您在一开始就没有良好的论文，你已经失去了论文的势头。

Number 2, use specific examples. How does this look? Machines make our lives easier by doing everyday tasks that normally human beings have to do. Well, I mean it's all right. I would say, you know maybe for that kind of early high school early example of coming up with a statement, it's not bad.

But it's not showing that kind of college readiness. For one thing, I don't get a picture in my head of any 那种情况的例子。这些日常任务是什么？ Remember, these graders, they're bored, they are reading a million of these things.

Give them just something kind of to visualize. Example 2-B. 杂货店的自助结账机可以在一年内几个小时节省典型的4人家庭。 现在，这给了学生思考的东西，也许甚至思考。他们可能会问自己，我真的很想多久 如果它每周十分钟，将在一年内保存。

那很有意思。这可能就像，我不知道这将是什么，每年八小时。 而且你只是视觉。你吻nd of thinking about, yeah, checkout machines, I just went to Target the other day and I was doing that. It creates a connection, it gets your reader on board.

You can even get more specific and talk about maybe a particular scenario that happened at your local 杂货店可能首次安装结账机。故事，具体例子。 那些很棒，只要你没有太多的切线或谈论一个特定的故事。

In an ACT essay, the ideal story is, in my opinion, about four sentences. And you want lots of detail packed into those four sentences. 特定日期，时间，地方，名称。让我们来看看具体示例的情况 在单个示例可能是多长时间的上限处。让我们在这里阅读这一点，或者 you can fast forward if you don't want to hear me read it.

In the 15th century, the introduction of Gutenberg's printing press kicked off a Printing Revolution 这大幅增加了印刷文本的生产速度。它曾经需要几天或几周抄写抄送一本书。 尽管取得了这一成功，但仍有个人吹捧印刷机的恐怖： it would make monks lazy; it would diminish the art of writing.

Today, we hear similar sentiments of fear about new technologies. Perhaps people will always be scared of a changing world. 哇，所以不要吓倒。好吧，这是一个学生的案例之一 just learned about the printing press in history class and was tested on it. It was fresh in their memory.

And they thought wait, this is perfect. I can bring this into the ACT essay. 您也可以借鉴您了解的最新知识或主题，非常鼓励。 现在，这个例子，我的意思是它有点干，但它实际上确实有点个性，对吧？

Has a little bit of style, and it's very specific, it's making a point. The example you can tell it is supporting this last sentence, which is that people might just be scared of change in general. From what I've seen, it definitely appears that a couple of extended good examples are getting higher scores these days. So if you can do that, you're probably going to wow the graders.

And what did I say before? Four sentences is good. What do you have here? There are one, two, three, four five. Number 3 ticket to wow is thoughtful transitions, in addition, on the other hand, and yet, for example, similarly, and most importantly. Transitions do a great deal to help readers understand the connections between your arguments.

You can do that with these signal words. You can think of them as being that. Don't assume that the graders reading your essay in a minute or two, that they're going to take the time to infer your logic. And the faster the grader is grading, the more of these you need. A clear example does not speak for itself.

I need your help, your interpretation, don't leave that entirely up to the reader. 所以让我们回到我们的印刷机示例。我黯然失色了一点。 So our writer gave this example and had kind of like a nice little concluding sentence here but it isn't enough.

没有参数的链接。这里有一个很好的想法。 人们将永远害怕一个不断变化的世界，但这并不是一个争论，我们并不看出我们正在看某事 just slightly more specific, its more about technology. The author's trying to set up an argument about machines and technology.

So how might they connect this example to some kind of argument through analysis? Well, let's look. Immediately after this sentence, the author adds this. Fear alone is not a valid justification to inhibit new developments. 我们必须谨慎开放，仔细考虑在水平之前每种技术进步的利弊。

So this is their argument then, we need to consider the pros and cons. We have to be open-minded about new technology and also cautious. I do think this is a pretty important point. So strong analysis, what is it doing? 它在做什么是拍摄你的非常具体的例子，添加了一点额外的单词和思想和解释， 含义，将其链接回到论文。

A strong analysis is like a bridge. It helps you link a specific example to your overall argument or thesis. Number 5, Find Flaws in Opposing Arguments. What does that mean? Well your essay task is to state your perspective on a topic that's given to you and then discuss it in relation to at least one other perspective.

But you can't really defend your own very well if you don't find flaws in opposing arguments. What that means is, for one, you do not want to agree with multiple perspectives on this assignment. 如果作者试图同意两个甚至三个角度，让我们看看它看起来像什么。

例如，机器可能是糟糕的，因为他们导致我们对其他人失去基本礼貌。 另一方面，他们也通过提高效率来导致更加繁荣的世界。也许最重要的是， machines are good because they help us imagine new possibilities for the future. What's wrong with this?

The author basically has taken three perspectives and summarized them. They're bad. They're good. I don't know. 透视一，透视二，透视三。支持这种立场是非常困难的 because it's all over the place, and I know some of you are probably thinking, but this student isn't agreeing with everything.

他们确实明确表示他们最有利于第三点。机器帮助我们想象未来的新可能性。 Maybe that's what the student believes. Maybe the student does agree with all three and just kind of likes the third the most. Why is that so wrong to put into a thesis statement?

Sadly, the essay task isn't really about conveying what's the most true for you. I do encourage you to say what you believe, for sure, but once you decide what you're going to say, you have to start finding ways of supporting your view. And most students will choose to argue against something, because, frankly, it's a little easier.

好的，让我们看看这些观点分开。让我们说你想同意两个。 机器通过提高效率导致更加繁荣的世界。好的，对手对此是什么？ 为什么有人可能不同意这种观点？我们开始思考的方式是我们问自己 参数是否无法考虑？

别人可能对我的论点说到什么？和我的反驳，他们没有考虑什么？ 机器有可能使我们的世界更加高效，精简和繁荣。 人们担心当天悲剧失去的工作作为计算机和 robots take on a larger share of the work that used to be performed by humans.

What many fail to see is that new technologies facilitate the very types of communication and education we need to create a more economically equitable, 基于社会服务的可持续发展。所以这个人在预见他人可能不同意 with this because they're concerned about the loss of jobs. Okay so how am I going to argue against that point.

And this would not be enough. At this point the person would need to say a little bit more about okay let's think of an example of that. And number 6, Write a Lot. 确保您的论文很长。朝着长篇论文有一个无意识的偏见。

I've seen this and so have most of us who help students prep for tests. You don't have to have a super long essay but it's statistically likely to improve your score if it's a little bit longer. Short essays rarely contain the depth of analysis that graders are looking for. 但请记住,你不需要重复或去的f on tangents. You can make your examples longer by turning them into little stories, like I showed you, and you can also increase that analysis aspect at the end of the story and thats where you link your example back to the thesis.

When you do this, you are going to come up with really long body paragraphs, and those are great ways to up your essay length. I have here, Aim to get your writing onto the second page of the test book. And of course everybody has different handwriting. I would say if your handwriting is very small, you want to just get probably to the top of the second page.

如果您的手写非常大，我会说您可能希望在第三页中获得一点点。 The average student, maybe a page and two-thirds. And there is a PDF link below this video so you can print out this paper. Okay, so a recap, and remember, these are strategies discussed in other lessons in more detail.

So if it felt like we just barely skimmed the surface that's because, in a lot of ways, we did. Have a clear argument, use very specific examples. Thoughtful transition phrases. Have strong analysis. Find flaws in opposing arguments and write a lot.

这些是您在测试日可以做的事情，已被证明是在学生分数中最大的差异。