Diagnostic evidence
If the thesis cannot answer the command word, body paragraphs scatter easily.
Writing step diagnosis
Question analysis decides the answer requirement of the whole essay.
Connect the sample, template sentence, prompt-analysis, logic, vocabulary, or grammar issue to one step that can be verified through rewriting. The point is not memorising one answer.
Chinese long-tail pages need concrete writing steps so they do not become thin content.
Common mistake
Reading topic words without command words can turn discuss into agree or cause questions into opinion essays.
How to revise the next version
Write a one-sentence answer first, then expand it into an outline.
What to confirm first
Mark command word, discussed object, scope limitation, and number of required answers.
- Whether command word is identified
- Whether object is specific
- Whether limitations are kept
Four steps: command words, scope, qualifiers, position space
Step one, find the command words: agree or disagree, discuss both views, advantages outweigh disadvantages, causes and solutions — they set the skeleton. Step two, circle the scope: does the prompt say children or young people? Governments or societies? Writing about the wrong actor voids the paragraph. Step three, spot qualifiers: often, in many countries, increasingly — qualifiers are natural concession material. Step four, confirm the position space: does this prompt allow partial agreement, or force a binary? All four before outlining; usually under 90 seconds.
Worked breakdown: should university subjects be freely chosen
Prompt: "Some people think university students should study whatever they like. Others believe they should only be allowed to study subjects useful for the future, such as science and technology. Discuss both views and give your opinion." Command: discuss both views + opinion — both sides must appear, plus your own stance. Scope: university students; drifting to school pupils is off-task. Key qualifier: "only be allowed" — a strong restriction, far easier to attack than "science is useful". Position space is wide: support freedom, support limits, or split by discipline. The easiest way off-topic: spending the essay proving science matters — that answers a different question.
Three common off-task patterns and their evidence
Topic drift: from "how advertising affects children" to "how the advertising industry grew" — topic words remain, but the question has changed. Actor drift: the prompt asks what governments should do; every body paragraph discusses individuals. Command neglect: the prompt says discuss both views; the essay argues one. All three share one diagnostic form: copy out each paragraph's topic sentence and place it beside the prompt's question — the paragraph that fails to match is where the drift happened.
The 90-second pre-writing checklist
A misread prompt can only be prevented by reading the prompt well: with perfect vocabulary and grammar, answering the wrong question still caps Task Response in the Band 5 range. This checklist deserves to be mandatory in every timed practice.
- Copy the command words; fix the skeleton
- Circle actor and scope; every topic sentence must contain them
- Mark qualifiers; save them for the concession
- Write your position in one line at the top; no drifting
Guides
Keep going with these guides.
These pages explain the Banfen Writing diagnostic and blocker-repair method, Task 1 overview, Task 2 development, and common score blockers.
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Writing guides
按正在写的题目查找雅思写作指南：小作文图型、overview 与数据取舍，大作文题型、立场与主体段展开，以及批改后的同题重写步骤。每篇指南都要求你回到自己的作文验证一个具体改动。
Writing checker
使用 IELTS Writing checker 时，分数之外还要看主卡分点。更有用的是找出 Task Response、Coherence、Lexical Resource 或 Grammar 中最影响训练的主卡分点。
Chinese writing correction
雅思写作批改不应只改语法、替换高级词或给一篇标准范文。先基于完整题目与原文，判断 Task Response、Coherence、Lexical Resource 或 Grammar 中最影响目标分的主卡分点，引用对应句段，再把反馈收窄成下一版可验证的段落重写目标。学习者自己完成修改，才能判断证据是否改善并迁移到下一篇
Chinese band descriptors
雅思写作评分标准包括 Task Response、Coherence、Lexical Resource 和 Grammar。重写时要先找主卡分点。
Chinese Task 2 outline
雅思大作文提纲可以提前发现偏题、立场漂移和展开太薄的问题。先把雅思写作问题落到一个可诊断、可重写验证的写作步骤上。重点不是收集更多模板，而是知道下一版先修哪里。
Chinese Task 2 question types
雅思大作文题型包括观点、讨论双方、优缺点、问题解决和双问题。先识别 agree/disagree、discuss、outweigh 等命令词与必须完成的任务，再决定立场与段落职责，避免把 discussion 写成单边 opinion，或让 solution 变成口号。提交题目与提纲后，诊断结构是否选错，重写关键步骤。
Task Response
IELTS Task Response 的核心是完整回应命令词、保持清楚一致的立场，并把观点展开到可以评估，观点数量是其次。先拆出题目要求与对象，再检查 thesis、段落主旨、理由、例子和结果是否共同回答问题。引用原文定位遗漏或薄弱链条，把最主要的一处改成下一版可验证的段落重写目标，并记录前后证据。
Chinese Task 2 question bank
雅思大作文题库要按 topic、question type 和卡分点使用。先诊断题目要求，再写提纲。如果同一类反馈反复出现，就先重写一个步骤，不要继续收集模板。
Task 2 reasons and examples
百搭理由可以用，但要先回到题目里的对象和动词，改成只属于这道题的理由。这里给 3 个从题目里找理由的办法，并用议事局第一关练一遍。背来的素材要改成证明观点的句子，段落才是在论证。
Start practising
Use one essay to locate the main blocker first.
Submit the prompt and essay, inspect criteria, essay evidence, and the next rewrite target first, then decide whether to train sample analysis, template sentences, logic, or language control.
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