一、审题
1.审体裁（议论文，说明文，描述文）
审题就是要审作文的题材和体裁。因为什么样的体裁就会用什么样的题材去写。那么体裁包括那些呢？它包括议论文，说明文和描述文。从近些年看，四级作文不是单一的体裁，而是几种体裁的糅合体。例如：
Direction: For thi part, your are allowed 30 minute to write a compoition on the topic
Trying to Be A Good Univerity Student.
You hould write at leat 100 word and you hould bae your compoition on the outline(given in Chinee)below:
做合格大学生的必要性
做合格大学生的必备条件（可以从德智体方面谈）
很多人说这种类型的作文是议论文。这是片面的，因为，
第一段要求写“?必要性”，则是议论文；
第二段要求写“?必备条件”，则要求写说明文；
第三段要求写“?这样做”，则要求写描述文。所以在大多数情形下，四级作文是三种体裁的糅合体。
2.确定相应的写作方法
我们审题的目的就是根据不同体裁确定不同的写作方法。通过审题，我们可以看出四级作文大都是三段式。如上例第一段为议论体，第二段为说明体，第三段为描述体。而各种文体又有不同的写作方式：议论文：要有论点和论据，而且往往从正反两方面来论述。例如上面第一段的思路是：做合格大学生，会怎么样（这是从正面论述）；不能做合格的大学生，又会怎么样（从反面论述）；所以我们要做合格的大学生（结论）。说明文：可以从几方面来说明一个问题，可以从德智体三方面来说明合格大学生的必要性。描述文：以“人”为中心描述一个“做”的过程。与上两段相比，本段的主语多为人称代词，他要与第二段相呼应进行描述。WWw.hAOZUowEN.com
二、确定主题句
审完题后，接下来就是如何写的问题。第一步就是确定主题句，主题句既能保证你不跑题，又能帮助你制定写作思路。而写主题句最保险的方法就是直接翻译中文提纲，如上述之段主题句为：
It i very neceary to be a good univerity tudent.(议论体的主题句) There are everal repect of neceitie to be a good univerity tudent.(说明体的主题句)
What I will do in the future i the following.(描述体的主题句)
三、组织段落
确定主题句后，接下来的工作就是展开论述。许多考生真正犯难的也是这一步。最基本的解决办法是扩大词汇量，丰富自己的语法存储。在写作时，语法和词汇都是最基本的。然而，组织段落的能力也是尤为重要的（接下来的连贯与衔接部分，我们更为详细的为大家讲解）。行文时，不只是提供一些information,还要学会运用一些example, peronal experience, comparion, deion等等，只有这样，才不会觉得无话可“写”。
四、连贯与衔接
1.列举法
列举的模式通常是
主题句
----example 1
----example 2
----example 3
列举时常用for example, for intance, uch a, like,thu, take?a an example, to illutrate等词语.
Nonverbal communication, or "body language，" i communication by facial expreion, head or eye movement, hand ignal, and body poture. It can be jut a important to undertanding a word are. Miundertanding are often amuing but ometime eriou one can arie between people from different culture if they miinterpret nonverbal ignal. Take for example,the difference in meaning of geture are very common in the United State: a circle made with the thumb and index finger. To an American, it mean that everything i Ok. To a Japanee, it mean that you are talking about money. In France, it mean that omething i worthle, and in Greece, it i an obcene geture. Therefore, an American could unknowingly offend a Greek by uing that particular hand ignal.
2.分类法
一般是在主题句之后，依次罗列段落指示词所表达的几个部分或几个方面。然后，选用丰富的事例对所罗列的各个部分或各个方面进行具体地说明或解释。
There are three baic kind of material that can be found in any good library.
Firt, there are book on all ubject, both in Englih and in many other language. Thee book are organized according to ubject, title, and author in a central file canned the card catalog. Book can generally be checked out of the library and taken home for a period of two to four week.
Second, there are reference work, which include encyclopedia, dictionarie, bibliography, atlae, etc., and which generally mut be ued in the library itelf.
Third, there are periodical- magazine, newpaper, pamphlet-which are filed
alphabetically in rack, or which have been filmed to conerve pace. Like reference work, periodical cannot uually be removed from the library.分类时常用：mot of all，next，moreover，in addition，beide，furthermore，to begin with，to tart with，firt of all，firt，econd，third?
3.因果关系
在段落一开头，就用主题句点明其因果关系，然后选用有关材料，客观的罗列某些原因或结果，以阐述中心思想。
Growing number of well-to-do American are making the deciion to move abroad. They find it impoible in America to walk the treet at night without fear of being raped, mugged, or murdered, nor do they ee a way to ecape the poionou air of the citie. They maintain that even American food ha become increaingly dangerou to eat. Lat but not leat, they init that they are ick of the pace of American life, a pace that leave no time for relaxation or pleaure.
因果关系常用语汇:
becaue of, o, owing to, thank to, thu, a a reult of, hence, for thi reaon, conequently, i caued by, lead to, reult in
4．比较法
主题句必须明确表明所要比较的对象和所要比较的范围，实际上就是罗列两个或两个以上比较对象的相同点。
Learning Englih i like building a houe. Laying a olid foundation i the firt and mot important tep. In other word, you hould read and peak Englih every day. Memorizing new word and phrae i alo helpful. Like building a houe, learning Englih take ome time.
Sodon’tbe impatient. Remember, Romewan’tbuilt in a day.
常用语汇：at the ame time, imilar to, accordingly, both, how a degree of imilarity, imilarly, the ame a, and?too, in the ame way, in a like manner
5．举例法
列举事实或举出实例来说明中心思想,是简单易行、具有说服力的写作方法。
Communicating with other people by telephone i very convenient,
epecially when you have omething urgent. For example, if one of your family member i eriouly
ill at night, and you don’t know how to deal with it and where to find a doctor, what can you do? A telephone i the anwer. Dial 120 and you will get ervice from the hopital very oon.