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托福TPO 17 独立写作试题：
Most advertisements make products seem much better than they really are.
托福满分作文-范文赏析：
With the development of public media, more and more advertisements appear on television programs, newspapers or magazines. Advertisements exert great influences on people when we think of buying something. As for me, I strongly agree that most advertisements make the products seem much better than what they really are because of the initial aim of advertising, the artistry and celebrity effects of advertisements.
In the first place, advertisements are used to persuade people to buy more products, and most of them only publicize the advantages of the products and ignore the disadvantages. Last summer, my mother watched a piece of amazing advert on television. In the advertisement, a man squeezed juice, made ice cream, and even minced meat with this machine. She bought the machine without any hesitation. To her disappointment, the processor broke down only after a couple of days. My mother had to pay extra money to change the cutter head. She regretted why she bought the product only because of the advertisement even without giving any consideration to the quality and after service. Another example is the experience of my brother who works in a big advertising company. He told me that every time they got a new case, they learnt both the advantages and disadvantages from the manufactures. However, what they only needed to do was concentrate on the good qualities which they called “selling points”. Therefore, advertising is not about showing you a product; it is about showcasing a product to make it viable as a commercial product.
In addition, advertisement, as a form of art, contributes to the better artistic effects as a development in this field. Advertisements nowadays are totally different. Creative ideas from talented advertising designers and amazing pictures produced by high technologies attract people’s eyes and successfully encourage people to buy products. It reminds me of a recent P&G shampoo advertisement. It shows a cocoon that slowly unravels into a beautiful young woman with butterfly wings. Her long, flyaway hair together with the delicate scene makes her look like an angel.
Finally, the celebrity effect in the advertisement also makes products seem better than what they really are. All too often we observe people buy something merely because their favorite singers or movie stars endorse them. Moreover, that the beautiful or handsome look of the stars and their special social status enhances the quality and taste of the products, thus making products seem better than what they really are.
To sum up, advertisements are made to encourage people buy the products no matter what the products are really like in reality. The fancy artistic effects and the appeal of celebrities are also of great help. Therefore, most advertisements make the products seem better than what they really are.
托福作文满分要素剖析:
一、 语言表达
本文长短句结合，短句为主，很好地控制了文章的节奏，让读者读来不觉得很累。而且作者使用了很多逻辑连接词，让读者很容易看出作者的写作意图和文章结构，很好地表达了自己的观点。而用词方面，作者正确使用了很多动宾搭配，增加了文章的可读性。
1. Advertisements exert great influences on people when we think of buying something. 本句中的exert一词用的很好。Exert influence on是固定用法，表示产生影响，可以替代的还有produce influence on但是Exert一词更加生动，体现出作者的语言功力。
2. Therefore, advertising is not about showing you a product; it is about showcasing a product to make it viable as a commercial product. 本句作为段落总结句，总结了本段观点。特别注意的是分号的使用，表示前后并列，相当于And.最后就是替代词的使用，英文当中注重重复名词的替代，因此能够替代的地方尽量都要用代词代替。
3. All too often we observe people buy something merely because their favorite singers or movie stars endorse them. Observe sb do 表示看到某人做事的全过程，相当于see, watch等表示看的词语。Endorse表示支持、赞同，可作为like的替代使用。
二、 逻辑结构
本文逻辑结构清晰明了，是一个典型的总分总结构。首先提出总体观点，广告总是比实际产品更好。之后通过三个分论点--广告目的、艺术效果和名人效应--进行证明，每个论点用具体事例进行分析。最后进行观点总结重申。
网温馨提醒：考生们拿到托福作文试题，审题后，先决定总体思路，然后列出两三个具体的分论点，每个论点找出一些例子来说明。这里要注意例子的选择，尽可能生活化、生动化、形象化，不要太死板，
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