Author/Kang Ming, Hunan

Many students think that argumentative writing focuses on reasoning, and it is enough to explain the truth clearly, so there is no need to work hard on language, that is, there is no need to pay attention to literary talent. Therefore, many argumentative papers in the examination room are dry discussions, which makes people feel boring after reading them. In fact, the use of vivid language in argumentative writing can not only turn abstract truth into concrete and sensible image, but also make the article lively, literary, persuasive and appealing, which is the role of visual reasoning.

Let's first appreciate the expressive effect of visual reasoning:

(1) Green, what is it? Zhu Ziqing said, that's jasper, that's egg white, that's a young woman's skirt and that's a huge lotus leaf.

(2) What is ideal? Liushahe said that in the age of hunger and cold, the ideal is food and clothing; In the age of food and clothing, the ideal is abundance. He also said that the ideal is a fire, lighting the extinguished lamp, and the ideal is a lamp, illuminating the way forward.

(3) What is poetry? Liu Yuxi said that a crane clouds in a clear sky, which brought poetry to Bixiao.

(4) what is the origin? Lu Xun said that it (the birth of China Producer Party) is a ship whose mast can already be seen on the distant horizon, the first cry of a baby leaving its mother's womb, the whistling arrow in the forest and the thunder of spring!

The above examples all use rich associations to turn abstract truth into concrete and sensible images, which are more readable. Please look at the writing example:

Typical paragraph 1

Diligence and idleness ruin success. Life is like building an ancient city, which requires many processes. Once you are lazy and reduce the working procedures, the ancient city will be destroyed in essence and will no longer be an ancient city.

There is a long way to go in Xiu Yuan, and I will go up and down. Wang Guozhen said, "How far can people go? Ask not your feet, but your aspirations; How high can people climb? Don't ask your hand, ask your will. " Such a long and arduous process of chasing dreams needs the support of faith and will, and will eventually achieve something.

(Excerpted from junior high school students' argumentative essay "Doing Good Work")

Secret technology:

These two paragraphs use image interpretation. In order to explain Han Yu's famous saying that "industry is good at diligence and leisure, and action is ruined by thinking", the previous paragraph compares life to repairing the ancient city. The second half of the text explains the rich meaning of Qu Yuan's famous saying "The road is long, Xiu Yuan is Xi, Xiu Yuan is Xi, and I will go up and down to seek", and quotes Wang Guozhen's poem to explain when discussing what "seeking" depends on. Through metaphor and quotation, the meanings of the two famous sayings are clearly and thoroughly explained, and the sentences are vivid, which meets the requirements of visual reasoning.

When using this method, we should pay attention to two points:

First, grasp the characteristics of things in interpretation; The other is that the language should be concise. Mainly reflected in the use of image metaphor to clarify the connotation of abstract concepts.

Typical paragraph 2

Franklin, known as the father of America, visited an elder when he was young. Young and energetic, he swaggered and bumped into the door frame when he entered the door. When his predecessor saw him, he smiled and said, "Does it hurt?" But this will be the biggest gain of your trip today. People living in the world must always remember to bow their heads. "

Coincidentally. Someone asked Socrates, "You are the most learned person in the world, so what do you say is the height between heaven and earth?" Socrates said without hesitation, "Three feet!" The man disagreed: "Everyone is five feet tall, and there are only three feet between heaven and earth. Isn't that to break the sky? " Socrates said with a smile: "Therefore, anyone who is more than three feet tall must know how to bow his head if he wants to stand between heaven and earth."

(Excerpted from junior high school students' argumentative essay "Know how to bow")

Secret technology:

These two parameters use an image example. The author skillfully demonstrates the central argument of "knowing how to bow" with anecdotes of Franklin, the father of the United States, and Socrates, a great philosopher, which is simple and clear.

When using this method, we should pay attention to two points:

First, it is necessary to clarify the difference between this method and image interpretation, which is to grasp the characteristics of things (such as ancient cities) to explain abstract concepts; Image examples focus on making an abstract object or concept more concrete through concrete examples, and speaking with facts is its outstanding feature. Second, the selection of examples should focus on the characteristics of concepts, just as "the selection of arguments should focus on arguments", and appropriate and necessary arguments should be made after the examples.

Wonderful example

Life needs perseverance.

Ming Zhong

Without perseverance, you will never taste the joy of "blowing out wild sand, starting with gold"; Without perseverance, you can never be as chic as the "East, West, North and South Wind"; Without perseverance, "the power of transforming the dry Kun" is just a distant dream.

Perseverance is an invisible force, which has made countless heroes in the world.

Sima Qian's humiliation created a thousand-year-old history book, which is known to all. He shed as much blood and sweat as we can imagine, but how many people can do it with his perseverance? How difficult it is to travel 25 thousand miles. How could China be today without countless strong people with perseverance? Perseverance is the cornerstone of the great cause in the future.

Shen Bingshan broke into the palace of painting art as a blind man. Both his identity and his paintings and calligraphy have brought unprecedented changes and shocks to painting art and art history. Shen Bingshan is a successful man, a strong man who is admired and worshipped. Hawking, the most outstanding theoretical physicist of our time, is even more amazing. Even his oblique sitting posture and the way he tried to hold back his saliva have been fixed in the hearts of countless people. The word "perseverance" has been fully displayed in them. What about physical disability? What can I do if I am sick? Faced with tenacious perseverance, they can only bend their knees! Perseverance makes the disabled body shine.

Perseverance is a spirit, a spirit that will never stand down; Perseverance is a gesture, a gesture that will never fall; Perseverance is a symbol, a symbol that victory will eventually belong to me.

It is because of tenacious perseverance that the pines and cypresses in the mountains are brave and heroic, and the perseverance of "heavy snow presses pines and cypresses, and pines and cypresses stand tall and straight" is the eternal return of "rolling the Yangtze River eastward".

To have tenacious perseverance, you must have perseverance, never give up and stick to it. With such a heart, you are the hero among heroes, and the strong among the strong is a pine tree on the top of Mount Tai, which stands tall in the sky and is not afraid of the storm.

Lift your head, straighten your chest, be a pine tree, be a pine tree that is not afraid of wind and rain, frost and snow, and lightning. The persistent home is there!

Special comments

1. The opening part mainly uses the method of image interpretation to clarify the importance of perseverance from the opposite side, laying the foundation for the argument put forward in the second paragraph.

2. The main part mainly uses image examples. Typical examples such as Sima Qian, the Long March of the Red Army, Shen Bingshan and Hawking have been listed successively, which proves that "perseverance is a kind of spirit, a spirit that will never stand down; Perseverance is a gesture; That is a gesture that never falls; Perseverance is a symbol, a symbol that victory ultimately belongs to me.

3. The last two paragraphs are vivid, convincing and infectious by using the image interpretation method.

In a word, visual demonstration is the highlight of this paper.