Uncovering the treasures in topics

Topic essays have gradually become a hot topic for high school and college entrance examinations. But what is the role of that small quotation in the topic essay? I am afraid that teachers and classmates They have rarely studied it in depth, and there are not many instructive articles in this area in newspapers and periodicals. On the occasion of the high school entrance examination in 2006, I would like to share my views with the candidates.

In the topic composition, there is a long or short paragraph. Have you noticed it? Reading it may allow you to easily come up with a beautiful beginning; thinking about it may help you quickly select novel themes; tapping it may help you find a unique idea. It is no exaggeration to say that citations are a rare treasure. Let’s teach students three tricks to dig out “treasures”.

1. Imitation language, write a wonderful and beautiful beginning

The words in the quotations are mostly well-honed famous sayings, some are short essays carefully conceived by the proposition teacher, and most of them have neat sentence patterns. , the language is beautiful. In the examination room, if we can learn and apply these words skillfully into the beginning of an article, we can achieve extraordinary results. For example, the citation for the title of an essay in Putian City, Fujian Province in 2003 is:

“Holidays mean great liberation of the mind and body. You can indulge in your favorite books that you have been fascinated by for a long time, and you can roam in the magical and charming places. In the online world, you can travel through crowded squares and supermarkets... However, during the holidays, there are also the troubles of endless homework, all kinds of troubles of making up lessons, and the helplessness of learning piano against your will..."

Candidates are required to write a composition on the topic of "holiday". A full-mark essay in the city titled "Give me some sunshine" begins as follows:

"I believe every student likes holidays. With holidays, we can go to the countryside together to enjoy outings. For fun, you can wander on the beach and feel the charm of the sea, walk in the jungle and appreciate the tranquility of the mountains... But how many holidays can there be?

The young author starts from the quotation, imitates and creates, not only the writing is smooth and beautiful, Moreover, setting up suspense naturally leads to the following, which is an important factor in obtaining full marks. However, students must pay attention to the fact that they can only imitate and innovate, otherwise they will be self-defeating.

2. Read the prompts and choose the content that suits you

In order to help candidates formulate ideas correctly and quickly, quotations often contain extremely rich writing information, suggesting many alternative writing contents, such as The topic composition of Heilongjiang Province - "Collection", the quotation clearly points out that the article can be "as large as cultural relics, ancient books, antique calligraphy and painting, as small as a card, a bookmark, and a photo." Although some quotations do not directly indicate, But as long as you read it, the information contained will also be revealed. For example, the essay questions for the high school entrance examination in Shaanxi Province belong to this form:

“Watching beautiful scenery is to feel life; listening to pleasant music is to To feel life; to enjoy deep family affection is to feel life; to have pure friendship is to feel life; to pursue lofty goals is to feel life; to experience the pain and joy of struggle is to feel life; to encounter painful setbacks is to feel life... …”

Students can write about their feelings about scenery, music, family affection, and friendship, or they can write about the pain and joy they encountered in the process of struggle. Students with average writing skills can learn from the content of these prompts Choose a content that you are familiar with and have something to say to write; students with a good foundation can follow the clues and look for unique content from the ellipses, such as the full score essay "Olympic Games, My Heart" "Dream", the content is novel and refined, quite attractive

3. Distinguish the angle and seek a unique idea