考研英语作文分为：大作文、小作文（应用文）。严格来讲，大作文应该分为：漫画图片类 ，文字说明类，表格类等三类。

I、漫画图片类：
此类主题已经考过8年，综观8年的出题，大致分为两类：
（1）Type A，以描述点题段---举例说明段---前瞻感言段的三段式行文；
（2）Type B，以描述点题段---阐述寓意段---前瞻感言段的三段式行文；

范文1：论人生态度
图上有两个人面对同样的夜空，发出两种截然不同的感叹！表明两种不同的人生态度。

Attitude (type A)
1) Show your understanding of the symbolic meaning of the pictures below. (描述点题段)
2) Give a specific example, and (举例说明段)
3) Give your suggestion as to the best way to overcome crisis.(前瞻感言段)
 
Just as is revealed in the pictures above, people are generally classified into two types: the pessimistic and the optimistic. We can see in one picture some people, long-faced and downhearted, are counting the nights by the shadows while in the other picture the happy-go-lucky people are enjoying the starry nights. What a contrastive view! Remember, it is not the bad thing that determines our state of mind but the way we look at it matters. (描述点题段) (以小到大)
  
An example that comes to mind is SARS crisis that has recently torn apart and ravaged most of China. Admittedly, it has cost us quite a lot. Some people suffered from health damage and still some even lost their lives. And our economy suffers a temporary setback and a slowdown. However, we still have learnt and benefited a lot from it. (举例说明段) 4. First things first, we are more concerned than never before with our health, and the environment we live in. Additionally, we tried and bettered and are still bettering our mechanism to respond to unexpected crises. These and other lessons at the expense of blood, tear, toil and sweat are benefiting and continue to benefit us and generations of Chinese to come. (分析问题段)
  
The best way to overcome the frustrations brought about crises is to always take a positive outlook on life. Just as a well-known ancient Chinese notion goes, the past lessons if not forgotten are good teachers for us all. If we can bear in mind sufferings and ordeals we have experienced, then our sufferings will not go unrewarded. (前瞻感言段)

范文2. 论学术腐败
图上有四个人在做 “科研论文”, 这四个人围坐在一起, 左边的人抄袭右边的人, 形成一个怪圈。

Type A
1) Show your understanding of the symbolic meaning of the pictures below(描述点题段).
2) Give a specific example, and. (举例说明段)
3) Give your suggestion as to the best way to overcome it (前瞻感言段)

The picture symbolically depicts how some people who call themselves “scholars” are doing their research. Instead of writing their own research papers, they resort to copying each other’s works. Looking at the picture, we cannot but worry about the problem of intellectual honesty—an issue vital to the healthy development of our science and technology cause.
 
Suppose that every scientist or researcher does not do experiments, but plagiarize others’ research results, then what would happen? There would be no intellectual honesty and people would no longer believe what the scientists say. Since scientists are noble elites of society, if their words are incredible, then the credibility of the whole society would deteriorate and collapse.
    
Therefore, intellectual credibility is not something that we can afford to lose or leave it at large. We each individual should start from right here and now, and attach great value and importance to the urgency of the issue. It is time that drastic measures were taken by the authorities to change the situation.

Type B
In your essay, you should first describe the drawing (描述点题段) then interpret its meaning(阐述寓意段), and give your comment on it. (前瞻感言段)