託福獨立寫作是託福寫作考試的一部分，對於考生而言難度並不是很大，只要掌握了寫作方法並準備好充分的素材，拿到滿意的分數並不難，對於備考託福獨立寫作而言，首先要掌握基本的寫作方法，下面我們講的是託福獨立寫作introduction的四種寫法，給童鞋們看看：
開門見山型
用這種方法必須膽大，因為直接亮明觀點的開頭段很可能比別人的開頭段短，如果萬一主題段的論證不夠深入就有字數不夠的可能。
如「是否應該做自己不喜歡但必須做的工作」的開頭段。
In reality, from time to time we all have to do things that we don’t enjoy. And contrary to what many people believe, the fulfillment of obligation is actually more important to achieving job satisfaction than enjoyment at work.
開門見山型雖然相對來說篇幅短小，但立場鮮明，尤其適合「一邊倒」文章的開頭段，但要確保後面主題段字數寫夠。
問句型
這種開頭就是以問句開頭，目的就是引起考官注意。需要注意用這種方法在開頭段提出的問題最好不要僅僅把原題的陳述句改為疑問句，要做一些改動。
比如下面這個教育類開頭段 ：
What should be the role of education in preparing young people to cope with the fast-changing new century ? I believe tomorrow’s society will be much more learning-oriented and education will increasingly be regarded as a lifelong process of adjustment, self-understanding and growth.
問句型開頭可用於各種作文話題，但需要提出的問題確實要有意義，不要是空洞的閒聊。
憶往昔+批判現實型
這種寫法也比較常用，比如下面有關朋友的這個開頭段。
The traditional virtue of telling the truth in all situations is increasingly doubted by many in today’s world. Many believe that telling the truth is not always the best policy when dealing with people…
段落一開始就提出傳統的美德—誠實，今天正在遭到越來越多的質疑。
但後面接下來的主體段則認為「還是誠實點好」（Honesty is still the best policy.）這就是回憶過去，批判現在的寫法。這種寫法適合討論交通類、環境類、動物類或者涉及價值觀的改變等比較讓人擔憂的話題。
先感嘆過去的不好，再對比今天的好
作者的傾向性已經暗含其中。
比如「家長和教師是否有權決定孩子的未來」。
During the industrial revolution, in many European countries children worked up to 19hours a day in dingy factories at a very early age and the factory owners could beat those who fell asleep at work or didn’t work fast enough. But now even parents or teachers are not completely free to do things as they please to the kids because they』 re entitled to protection and far more rights.
這種寫法的開頭可以展現出作者的知識面較廣，不用寫的很專業，用自己的話寫就好。這種寫法適合用來討論現在比過去有明顯進步的現象，比如technology 類話題。