托福写作要求30分钟之内完成一篇至少300字，能多达400字的议论文，论题涉及广泛，难度很大，需要仔细分析题目，弄清考题的具体要求。

　　一般来说，考题围绕某个具体话题，要求考生展开论述。因此，首先需要确定考题所属的话题类型。从这两年的考试状况来看，话题包括：教育、社会生活(健康、金钱、生活方式、工作等)、科技、社会问题(犯罪、贫富差距、就业、歧视、公共健康等)、政府与媒体(广告)、环保、经济。其次，用一或两个问题阐述论题的中心点。如果题目中本来就有具体的问题，那么在论述过程中需要按照提示展开(早年常见考题形式，现今较罕见)。

　　1. 直接作出单向选择：

　　例1：Do you agree or disagree with the following statement. Nowadays more and more people spend too much money on their pets (dogs, cats and others), although there are better uses for this money.

　　这个题目要求直接作出选择与判断是否应该花大笔的钱来养宠物，探讨社会生活当中普遍现象，同时也牵扯到“金钱”类的托福常见话题。考生要回答这样的问题：Whether it is worth to spend much money on keeping pets or not?

　　例2：Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is often not a good idea to move to a new city or a new country because you will lose old friends.

　　2. 比较级的形式，要求比较双方的优劣

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

　　Students learn more from other resources such as TV and the Internet than from school and university courses.

　　这个题目需要从教育出发，结合新媒体的出现，探讨在新的社会与科技条件下学习的资源与效率问题。可以归结为：Can the new media benefit students in their learning and efficiency of doing it?

　　例2：Some people have ambitious dreams and keep following them, but other people always focus on realistic goals and try to achieve them. Which do you think is better?

　　3. 化的表达(only/the best/the most, etc)

　　例1：Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

　　Spending time alone is the best way to relieve stress.

　　这个题目只要我们回答whether spending time alone is the best way to relieve stress?在回答时，得先肯定spending time alone对于relieving stress的作用，然后就得选择另外一到两种alternative，具体说明它/它们对于relieving stress的作用。或者你可以肯定spending time alone就是relieving stress的方法，然后具体说明其原因。

　　例2：Do you agree or disagree:

　　It is only worth to watch movies that can teach us something about real life.

　　4.Report文体(托福罕见的体裁)

　　e.g. The development of technology changes the way people interact with each other. In which way does it change the types of relationship that people make? Does it have positive or negative effect on the development?

　　这个题目属于科技类，也是有具体内容: 技术与人际关系。不同的是：有具体的问题。In which way does it change the types of relationship that people make? Does it have positive or negative effect on the development? 文章的论述需要围绕这两个问题展开, 探讨科技如何改变了人们之间的关系，或在新的科技条件下，人们如何交流与沟通，同时，这种变化(change/development/trend)会产生什么样的后果。

　　总之，托福议论文写作就是需要考生针对某个问题展开阐述，即做问答题的练习。

　　所归结的问题可以用以下的词开头：what, why, how, whether等。