托福綜合作文與其他形式的作文題目不同，它要求考生們在3分鐘左右閱讀一篇文章，接著聽一段對這篇文章的評論，最後要求考生們根據給出的材料寫出主要觀點。因此這個作文形式看似簡單，其實還是需要同學們加以重視的。
托福綜合寫作的要求決定了它不需要考生自己的觀點，一般只要把聽到的那段評論的觀點複述出來就可以了。因此，考生們在答托福綜合作文的時候一定要注意兩點，就是要點和語言。下面就是綜合寫作的一般結構：
The lecture is mainly discussing ______, ________ and ___________ by _________, challenging what are stated in the reading passage that _________, _________ and _______. First of all, the speaker thinks that ___________. In contrast, the reading passage believes that _____________. So, the lecture totally disagrees with the view made in the reading.
Second, the speaker discusses ___________, Contradicting what is stated in the reading that _____________________.
Finally, the speakers raises the issue that ___________. This point disagrees that ________________ demonstrated in the reading.
So, the contents in the reading passage are totally jeopardized by the speaker and the speaker has totally different ideas on the topics made in the reading.
這就是托福綜合寫作的基礎模版。其實這類成熟的寫作模板並不止這一種，記下這樣的寫作模式可以為同學們節省很多時間。但是為了更有機會贏得考官的好感，拿到高分，同學們要在運用熟練了基礎模版之後發展出自己的寫作特色。