在托福写作中，有些话题的内容很抽象或者是不好解答。尤其是面对抽象话题，很多同学都无从下手，不知所云。这时候，我们就可以筛选题目中出现的关键字并进行分类。当我们可以把一个抽象名词分成几个具体名词或者事物时，我们就可以比较直观的表达自己的观点，并在阐述话题的过程中进行详细的论述。这样不仅可以清晰的将观点和内容表述清楚，同时又可以避免逻辑混乱和思路不清晰。下面老师就以一道托福真题来给大家做详细讲解。

2016年托福写作真题题目：

Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? University students should be required to take history courses nomatter what field they study.Use specific reasons and examples to support youropinion.

如果我们采用分类法的话，可以首先抽出关键词history，然后将“历史”具体化，通过列举学习文化史、美术史和文学史，从不同侧面论证了学习历史的好处，即学习中西方文化的差异、学习不同种类的美术史和文学史，从而激发对美术的兴趣，学习不同的文学写作手法。

1)文化史

Through the study of the history ofculture, we can have a deeply understanding of the huge differences betweenChinese and Western culture, which provides us a more profound comprehension ofthe long history of Chinese culture.

2)美术史

The history of art which consists of thesketches, figure paintings, calligraphy and landscape map can promote ourstrong interests of the arts and the beauty.

3)文学史

If we have a chance to study the history ofliterature, we may have a notion of poetry, prose, novels and fable fairytales. Through the study of the literature history, we would learn that onething can be interpreted with various ways.

或者，将“历史”具体化，通过列举学习殖民地历史、美国内战历史和第二次世界大战历史，从不同侧面论证了学习历史的好处，即了解一个国家的成长、看到黑人境地的改变，以及国家如何摆脱危机、走向兴盛；

1)殖民地历史  the American colonial history

For one thing, by learning the Americancolonial history, they gradually understand how their forefathers, withperseverance and fortitude, built colonial settlements in Plymouth andMassachusetts.

2)内战历史   the American Civil War

For another thing, through studying thehistorical facts about the American Civil War, they know that it is during thiswar that blacks were saved out of poverty and imprisonment and saw the twilightof freedom and liberty.

3)第二次世界大战历史 the SecondWorld War

Similarly, the Second World War tells themhow courageously America recovered from the raid on the Pearl Harbor and howdauntlessly it fought against Japanese.

因此，要想拿到托福写作的高分，首先要对题目进行充分的理解和剖析，最好能在考前对托福题目进行大量的练习和准备。