Everything is difficult at the beginning. There is also a saying that a good beginning is half the battle. Therefore, writing a good beginning of an article is very important for an article, especially a college entrance examination essay. Gorky said, "The first sentence at the beginning is the most difficult, just like setting the tone in music. It often takes a long time to find it." This sentence also appropriately explains the importance and difficulty of the beginning, and closely related to the full text. Jia Baoyu said something very insightful when commenting on the Grand View Garden: All beauty must "have natural principles and obtain natural interest." In order for millions of candidates across the country to compete in college entrance examination essays to be outstanding, it is inseparable from a "reason" and "interest". Generally speaking, the following principles should be mastered:

Jane: The ancients used phoenix to describe the beginning of an article, which shows the importance of simplicity. In the college entrance examination, time is tight, so it is even more important to have a short opening. . Beauty: Everyone has a love for beauty. If the beginning of the article gives people a sense of beauty, or a brilliant literary talent, or a profound artistic conception, or full of interest, then it will definitely touch the wounded heart of the marking teacher. Qi: Everyone has curiosity. If you can grasp this and design accordingly to create suspense, questions and contradictions, the effect will be self-evident. Philosophy: Philosophy is a kind of depth and a kind of height.

1. Quote famous quotes and cleverly enter the title.

At the beginning, you may quote famous aphorisms to highlight the center; or quote characters’ language to highlight the character’s character; or quote poems to arouse readers*** Ming; or quote proverbs, explain things, etc.

①Ask what love is in the world, and it will teach you how to make love between life and death. Yuan Haowen is indeed easy to ask and very good at asking questions. His question can be said to be a question for the ages. Over the years, how many people have been lingering on this issue, and how many people have made the final answer in life after paying a huge price. But each family's words are as different as each person's face.

Xi Shi said: "Love is a tool..." ("Asking What Love Is in the World")

②In a church in the Middle Ages, a saint began his Speech: "The reason why I became a saint is because I have seen through money. What's mine belongs to everyone." After a long time, I just waved my fingers. In a prison across the century, a thief began his life monologue: "The reason why I became a thief is because I have seen through money, and what belongs to everyone is mine. ("The Saint and the Thief")

③ Rodin, the master of aesthetics, once said: "Beauty is everywhere. For our eyes, it is not a lack of beauty, but a lack of discovery. "Today, inspired by this innovative scholar, I want to say: "The answer is universal. For our heads, it is not a lack of thinking, but a lack of perspective. "Many times, we are confused by the incomprehension of a problem or wandering at the intersection of multiple solutions. How to go becomes a puzzle in our hearts. We are often undecided and swayed. At this time, it is necessary to think from another angle. This will Give you more chances of success ("Spinning the Kaleidoscope")

④Archimedes said: "Give me a fulcrum, and I can lift the earth!"

I said: "Give me a fulcrum, and I can support my soul!" ("Give the Soul a Fulcrum")

2. Use poetry skillfully to highlight the poetic flavor

① Looking through the Tang and Song Dynasty poems that shine like a galaxy, there are countless farewell poems. Wang Bozhuang sang with great enthusiasm: Inaction is on the wrong road, and the sons and daughters are in trouble. Liu Yongze lamented: Where will the willow bank wake up tonight? The wind is waning and the moon is gone. Jiang Yan has passed away in one sentence: Those who are in ecstasy are just saying goodbye. Some people are beating their chests and stamping their feet: how can they bear the rush? No matter where the ear is, just pray like water and boat. Here comes Xi Murong's gentle warning: If parting can bring back the neglected details caused by getting together, is it really bad to say goodbye? , it’s so beautiful. The reflections on different lives in different times will give you unexpected gains ("Everything in Life: Stick to Yourself") ②What is beauty? I know that beauty rises on the horizon. The first light of dawn, beauty is the maple leaves that are hotter than fire in autumn, beauty is the red-crowned crane galloping on the beach at dusk, beauty is the sika deer galloping on the prairie... Baumgarten agreed with me and added: “Beauty is perceptual knowledge, and the study of aesthetics is the science of perceptual knowledge.

But Kant glared at me angrily and said: "One-sided, beauty is a purely formal subjective feeling of human beings and has nothing to do with the thing itself." I advise you to read my "Criticism of Judgment". "I was very open-minded and carefully studied his aesthetic works on emotions. When I was feeling complacent about my mystery, Hegel poured cold water on me: "No, beauty should be the appearance of human nature. "". Then he talked about his aesthetic theory with great satisfaction. Just when I, the monk Zhanger, was scratching his head, Marx whispered next to me: "Don't listen to him, he has everything upside down, and he can't distinguish between right and wrong. You Don't fall into the pit of idealism. Beauty should actually be the unity of human essence and free form. "What exactly is beauty? I decided to leave the incongruous Europe and go to the ancient countries of Eastern civilization to find the answer to beauty. ("What is Beauty")

　③When the vast sky is dyed into a pitch black background Color, when the new moon rises and the endless sky is dotted with stars, I can't help but feel full of thoughts while leaning on the fence. I ask the moon in the sky: What is loneliness? Once upon a time, Li Bai "raised a glass to invite the bright moon, and made three people in the shadow." "Perhaps, loneliness is the feeling of being surrounded by each other when the moon is bright in the sky, the wind is like water, and everything is silent! Once upon a time, Empress Li sighed with emotion, "I went up to the west building alone in silence, the moon is like a hook, and the lonely phoenix tree in the deep courtyard locks the autumn. "Perhaps, loneliness is the entanglement of love in the deep palace compound, where the country is worried, the family is worried, and people are also worried! Once upon a time, Chen Ziang lamented, "I have never seen the ancients before, and I have never seen the newcomers after me. Thinking of the long journey of heaven and earth, I shed tears alone." , maybe, loneliness is the empty state of mind where the grass is still there, the end of the world is still the same, things are different and people are different! So, I asked the moon, and Chang'e of Guanghan Palace told me that loneliness is "the candle shadow is deep on the mica screen, and the dawn stars are gradually falling on the long river." "Blue Sea, Blue Sky, Night Heart". What is loneliness? ("The Rhythm of Loneliness")

　④What it is, it comes quietly and leaves no trace, but it is exciting. What is it that makes all the colors dance lightly?

What is it that leaves no trace and comes quietly, leaving behind a song of love that lasts a season?

What is it that gently The earth came and then quietly left, leaving behind the hanging golden color in the harvest season?

What is it that quietly left and then came again quietly, spinning pure white for the silent earth? Dream?

The philosopher smiled at the blue sky: "It's time.

The child held the kite and clapped his hands: "It's the wind."

The wanderer said: "It's nothing, just a dream." "("The Happiness of Having Answers")

3. Use rhetoric to enhance charm

You can flexibly use metaphors, exaggerations, contrasts, appeals, questions, rhetorical questions, confrontations and other commonly used expressions Rhetorical techniques. The title is specific and uses metaphors, which is novel and unique enough to make the marking teacher "fall in love at first sight". For example, the 2002 college entrance examination masterpiece "Choose the Cage",

If you choose wings, you will embrace the whole blue sky. .

If you choose fins, you will kiss the vast blue sea.

If you choose four legs, you will appreciate the vast green forest.

My choice is - the cage

4. Desire is suppressed first, leading to suspense

My mother is a tiger. She is very vicious, not only to her five sons. , and she is also mean to my father. We are all afraid of her (Essay "Today I Understand You")

My mother's cruelty is reflected in the fact that she only cooks one meal a day and does not allow "us" to sleep in. During the Chinese New Year, I lost my temper with my father because of the hardships of life. "We" only gave me 200 yuan when we got married. However, all this changed after my mother got Alzheimer's disease. My mother was no longer fierce and used her savings of 20,000 yuan. Yuan, I gave it to "my" wife and asked her to handle it flexibly, but none of us spent the money. We deposited it in the bank, and when it expired, we deposited it again. After many years, it was 20,000 yuan, and before we knew it, it was 30,000 yuan. At this time, the author finally understood that the mother's cruelty was due to the pressure of life, and the mother's cruelty came from her love for her children.

5. Abrupt narrative, Enhance Gravity

The director brought in another boy. "Youth Digest 1998 2 P42 The Tenth Wanderer"

As usual, one should start from the beginning and narrate the events, but this one goes straight to the point. In the middle, introduce the background again, and omit the first nine, not mention them at all, and start with the tenth.

After reading this, I suddenly became interested. It was not until I finished reading that I realized that it is difficult to make street children cry because they are no longer used to crying.

6. Comparison of materials to elicit thinking

① Xiu is a girl from the mountains, but she always likes to look at the city outside the mountains in trance. "Prose 1999 11 P13 Xiu'er"

In the heart of a girl from the mountains, the city is beautiful. After entering the city, she heard that she came from the mountains, but the people in the city were extremely envious. She couldn't help but wonder, "Is it the beauty of the mountains or the beauty of the city?" Maybe this is not just her confusion.

②The cow was bought and the father’s soul was lost. "College Entrance Examination Composition"

7. Use the title skillfully to reveal the theme

① There is no majesty of the tree, but you can have the greenness of the grass; there is no beauty of the peony, but you can have the beauty of the small tree. The freedom and ease of wild chrysanthemums... Life may not be brilliant, but it must be great!

Inscription

Die was once a beautiful girl who was good at dancing. Her long shawl hair and her graceful dancing posture once brought her thunderous applause and countless flowers. She was once praised by others as the future Duncan of China... However, everything is over, and the god of fate will always be there. She was pressed into the wheelchair. Life becomes dim and silent, and the "white swan" becomes an ugly duckling that no one cares about. How many times did she dream that she had put on glass slippers and continued her pursuit, but when she woke up she could only hear the "miserable" cold autumn wind. ("Star Night Talk")

②If you lose money, you only lose a small part;

If you lose health, you only lose a small part; < /p>

If you lose your integrity, you are almost penniless.

Inscription

What is "integrity"? It means being honest and trustworthy. Looking at history, the word "integrity" has been soaked in the blood and tears of many people. ("Who is praising the emperor's new clothes")

Crested head and leopard tail

Qiao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty proposed the "six-character formula" for composition: crested head, pig belly, leopard tail . Use metaphors skillfully to explain that the beginning of the article should be as beautiful and moving as a crest, the middle should be as plump and substantial as a pig's belly, and the end should be as warning and powerful as a leopard's tail. Indeed, the beginning of the composition is dull, lacks appeal, and is not good; the ending is protracted and loose, which cannot give a strong impression and is not desirable. Of course, how it begins and ends varies from article to article, and it all depends on the author’s careful arrangement.

Firecrackers ringing a bell

Xie Zhen of the Ming Dynasty used two other metaphors for the beginning and end of the article: the beginning of the sentence should be like a firecracker, which can be heard suddenly and loudly; the end should be like a bell ringing. , more than enough voiceless sound. This means that the beginning of the article should be like setting off firecrackers, clear and loud, and run through the whole article; the end should be like hitting a copper bell, with clear and endless sounds. In fact, it requires that the beginning is extraordinary and shocking, and the ending is unfinished and thought-provoking. In comparison, this requirement seems to be more clear and specific than the "crested head" and "leopard tail" mentioned above.

Get straight to the point and cut off the point

Some people advocate that the beginning of the article should be "straight to the point" without beating around the bush. This is derived from summarizing Ouyang Xiu's composition methods. Ouyang Xiu wrote "The Drunkard's Pavilion" and revised it again and again. At first, it started with dozens of characters, but in the end it only started with five characters, "Chuzhou is surrounded by mountains", which seemed concise and clear. Later generations used the term "get straight to the point" to describe this opening method.

Some people also asked for the end of the article to be "like a galloping horse", which means that the article is so majestic and unstoppable that it suddenly stops at the end, which enhances the momentum of the article and makes the expression more effective.

Attachment: The 2002 college entrance examination masterpiece "Choose a Cage",

If you choose wings, you will embrace the entire blue sky.

If you choose fins, you will kiss the vast blue sea.

If you choose four legs, you will appreciate the vast green forest.

But my choice is——the cage.

People say: "A stunning woman is a masterpiece of nature's miraculous art." Why does this artist not cherish the fruits of his hard work so much?

I washed my feet by the side of Huanxi River, and the water was light and free; I bathed in the morning breeze in the pavilions, and the wind was elegant and fresh.

I am a daughter of nature. I can enjoy all the gifts of nature and enjoy the moisture of life in our beautiful home. However, in that picturesque land, war broke out.

When I see the birds running away in fright, and when I hear the tinkling of the river turning to whimpering, I don’t want to sigh, and the wind doesn’t want to cry. I clearly understand the current situation, my situation, and my fate, which is also the fate of the country of Yue.

I am not only the daughter of nature, but also the daughter of the people of Yue. Seeing the decadent home and listening to the heavy sighs of the soldiers, I made a choice.

What I gave up were the green mountains and green waters, the pavilions and pavilions, the songs and laughter, and my brothers and parents. What I choose is fake laughter in front of others, tears wet the handkerchief late at night, flattery against my will, and deep-rooted pain. However, I know I made the right choice. Although I am alone in a prison, my people can escape death. I don't ask people to sing praises for me. This is just a little return from my daughter to my great mother.

I packed my bags, and my tears were blown by the wind into a crooked river, flowing on the land of the motherland. I flicked the strings again, and the sound echoed in the valley and turned into overtones through the ages.

I said goodbye to my motherland in a calm voice: "I am Xi Tzu, and I choose prison."

I left, my steps heavy. But I have a belief in my heart - "the more you go, the more Wu you will destroy"!