6-point Essays within this score range demonstrate effective skill in responding to the task. The essay shows a clear understanding of the task. The essay takes a position on the issue and may offer a critical context for discussion. The essay addresses complexity by examining different perspectives on the issue, or by evaluating the implications and/or complications of the issue, or by fully responding to counterarguments to the writer's position. Development of ideas is ample, specific, and logical. Most ideas are fully elaborated. A clear focus on the specific issue in the prompt is maintained. The organization of the essay is clear: the organization may be somewhat predictable or it may grow from the writer's purpose. Ideas are logically sequenced. Most transitions reflect the writer's logic and are usually integrated into the essay. The introduction and conclusion are effective, clear, and well developed. The essay shows a good command of language. Sentences are varied and word choice is varied and precise. There are few, if any, errors to distract the reader.

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 要点 1: The essay takes a position on the issue and may offer a critical context for discussion. The essay addresses complexity by examining different perspectives on the issue, or by evaluating the implications and/or complications of the issue, or by fully responding to counterarguments to the writer's position.

 关键词：position ，critical context for discussion ，complexity 
，different perspectives ，responding to counterarguments to the writer's position 


解读： 以上部分体现的是ACT考官对于ACT考生在写作立意、观点选择与表达，尤其是考生的立场的成熟。简单地说，检验考生是否能真的“发现问题”，读懂题目。总体说，ACT的作文题目都是与高中或者大学生活息息相关的一些话题。在题目中，会把这个话题的两方观点分别呈现出来，考生可任选其一，但是绝没有必要花大量时间在选择观点上，因为考官在乎的是自圆其说的能力和过程，而非观点本身。文章表意清晰，逻辑严密，语言标准。思考之前，一定确定题目看清楚明白，了解题目到底在问什么。我们以一例作为说明： Educators debate extending high school to five years because of increasing demands on students from employers and colleges to participate in extracurricular activities and community service in addition to having high grades. Some educators support extending high school to five years because they think students need more time to achieve all that is expected of them. Other educators do not support extending high school to five years because they think students would lose interest in school and attendance would drop in the fifth year. In your opinion, should high school be extended to five years? 越来越多的雇主和大学要求学生们在保证课业优良的同时参加课外活动和社区服务，教育工作者们因此而争论是否应当把中学改为五年学制。一些教师支持这一提议，他们认为这样一来学生们就有更多的时间去实现人们对他们的期待。另一些人则持反对态度，他们认为学生们将会对上学失去兴趣，从而导致第五年的出勤率下降。在你看来，四年制中学应当改为五年制吗？ 题目由三部分组成： 一个有争议的话题：Whether or not extending high school to five years 两方观点：For: students need more time to achieve all

要点2：Development of ideas is ample, specific, and logical. Most ideas are fully elaborated. A clear focus on the specific issue in the prompt is maintained. The organization of the essay is clear: the organization may be somewhat predictable or it may grow from the writer's purpose. Ideas are logically sequenced. Most transitions reflect the writer's logic and are usually integrated into the essay. The introduction and conclusion are effective, clear, and well developed.

关键词：Development of ideas，ample, specific, and logical，fully elaborated，focus，maintained，organization，predictable or it may grow from the writer's purpose，logically sequenced，transitions，integrated，effective

解读：这个部分的评分标准，体现的是ACT考官对于ACT考生在写作中“分析问题”的能力要求，在这个模块，具体体现了对考生在文章结构、论证方法、推理层次的各方面行文要求。 ACT满分作文的行文组织要系统，有逻辑性。 

focus体现出，考生在进行ACT写作时所有的论证和举例都必须指向中心论点，只有和论点相关的例证才是强有力的。 
 fully elaborated 和logically sequenced在ACT考试中，考生需要将自己所举的例证进行一定程度的加工,并按照由主到次、让步转折等顺序进行排列，这样能更好显示出各个例证之间的逻辑关系，让举例或是说理论证的过程有层次性。考生在提出论点之后，必须寻找相关的、恰当的例证来支持和充实自己的论点。 ACT作文的推理过程远比推理的结果更重要，因此解释Why比给出What更重要，考官会通过审视推理过程来判断考生的逻辑陈述能力。

要点3：The essay shows a good command of language. Sentences are varied and word choice is varied and precise. There are few, if any, errors to distract the reader.

关键词：good command of language，Sentences are varied，word choice is varied，precise，few, if any, errors

解读：这个模块，体现的是ACT考官对于考生在语言方面的要求，大家会发现，一个高频出镜的关键词就是varied，用词和句式的多样性和变化性能有效地体现考生运用语言的技巧。考生在进行ACT写作的过程中，在用词上要注意多使用同义词替换，切勿高频的使用同样的词汇。 另外，在句子形式上也要注意长句、短句、简单句和复杂句的交替使用。同时，最后一个要点是，ACT作文允许有错误存在。个别的语法错误、用词不当以及诸如拼写，标点符号和大小写等错误不影响一篇文章得满分。 对于ACT写作来说，更重要的是文章的要点明确、逻辑通畅，语言的整体高水平。