Ending techniques for high school entrance examination essays

If the beginning is compared to "firecrackers", then the end is like "ringing a bell". The ancients said: "A good ending is like chewing dried fruits and tasting fragrant tea, which makes people think about it again and again." Like the beginning, the ending is also very important. Wouldn't it be a pity if an article with a clear theme and a novel angle was disappointed by an unsatisfactory ending at the end? In addition to serving the content and center of the article, the ending must also be restricted by the "beginning", which makes the ending even more difficult to write. People call the ending of a good article "Leopard's Tail". From the perspective of high school entrance examination composition, although it is not necessarily required that every article ends with "Leopard's Tail", it is also required that the ending be concise, vivid, and Just right. Generally speaking, the common mistakes students make at the end of their compositions are: ①

Superfluous. Even though the full text has come to an end, it could have been thought-provoking, but the author is still worried, so he insists on trembling a few words, telling the whereabouts of the characters that do not need to be explained one by one, and revealing the meaning that could have been understood. . ② Shouting slogans in vain. At the end, in order to express one's position and attitude, shouting something that has nothing to do with the content of the article, this kind of ending ruins the theme. ③ Sloppy. The meaning of the ending is clear, but it still refuses to wrap up, which conflicts with the theme of the article.

From this point of view, the ending of the composition for the high school entrance examination is particularly important. How to write a good ending and improve the quality of the composition in the examination room? The following ending techniques

are commonly used in high school entrance examination essays.

1. Natural bandana. No matter what kind of literary style, after expressing the content, the article naturally concludes the whole text without designing profound philosophical sentences or carving out rich symbolic shapes. Such an ending is called The "natural ending". It completely avoids the end of the article that is superfluous and unnecessary. It appears simple, bright, and unpretentious, and is widely used in high school entrance examination compositions. The composition atmosphere in the examination room is tense and the competition is fierce. It is impossible to pay too much attention to what "style" and what "method". As long as you are passionate and express yourself freely, you can write wherever you want, and you can fully express your feelings. However, being "natural" does not mean doing whatever you want, being sloppy, but being smooth. The natural trend of the development of literary thought ends with the overall situation. There are many such examples in the texts I have studied, so I won’t go into details here.

2. Echoing from beginning to end. The ending should echo the beginning, and write sentences that echo the beginning but are not simply repeated. This ending method is a very common ending method for all kinds of articles. This binding method can arouse the reader's psychological beauty and create a sense of harmony from beginning to end. For example

"A Precious Shirt" begins with "In my home, I treasure a kind of white really cool shirt." It ends with: "For four years, this shirt

Precious shirt, I have carefully collected it, and I am not willing to wear it once." The ending of "Praise to Poplar" echoes the beginning: "I want to praise the poplar tree loudly

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3. The death chapter shows the will. This ending method is to rely on the content of the full text at the end of the article and use concise language to clearly express the theme

or to explain the writing intention when the full text is about to come to an end. It is clear, so this ending method is also called "the finishing touch

style". For example, at the end of "Jujube Core" it is written: "Changing nationality does not mean changing national sentiments, and no nation is as attached to the homeland as we are." "Remembering a Spinning Wheel" is written at the end. : "Fighting against difficulties brings endless joy. - Remember a spinning wheel."

4. Famous aphorisms. End with famous quotes, police names, and poems, aiming to extend the article and reveal some kind of true meaning of life.

It often appears at the end of essays, narratives, and essays. In a few words, it expresses profound and thought-provoking philosophical or warning content, making it deeply imprinted in

In the reader's mind, it has the effect of "the words have been exhausted, but the meaning is endless". "The Pear Blossoms on the Post Road" ends with: "The pear blossoms on the Post Road are blooming everywhere."

5. Lyrical argumentative style. Concluding the article with lyrical discussion can express the author's feelings, arouse readers' emotions, and arouse readers' screams, which has a strong artistic appeal. This ending method is mainly used in narrative essays about people and events, and can also be used in expository and argumentative essays. There are many forms of lyrical argumentative endings, so it is more free to end in this way. A good "lyrical argumentative" ending

will inevitably give rise to true feelings, giving readers a sense of reality and sufficient feel. For example, at the end of "Flower Market" it is written: "She stood among the flowers with a smile, just like a flower, like a tall and elegant orchid." Another example is the ending of "Remembering My Mother" The two natural paragraphs are the ending of a very typical lyrical argumentative style

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The composition should be completed in one go, and the ending should be indispensable with the previous text. The ending of the composition is the same as the beginning. It is different from chapter to chapter, but it also has its own rules. The above ending methods are just some commonly used ending methods. Don't copy them mechanically. Really good endings exist in the candidates' daily solid training, in the candidates' on-the-spot performance, and in the candidates' The "outside of poetry".

Please look at the end of one candidate's essay:

If life no longer has green, we are still searching for it, why don't we take action to protect green and protect the environment? Always have green. Only then will the green sing: "I come quietly, just as you (the desert) walk quietly..." (Anonymous "If Life No longer Has Green")

Comment: The author is naturally He thought of green due to the environment, and then started a topic around "if life no longer has green". The beginning of the article highlights the deterioration of the environment and the decrease of green through the comparison of "past", "today" and "tomorrow", which naturally leads to worries. Then, he skillfully used the best lines from Xu Zhimo's "Farewell Cambridge" to elicit thoughts about the lack of green in life, leaving room for imagination. Dear middle school students, there is no fixed method for writing. Which ending method to use depends on the stylistic requirements and your own preferences. You cannot copy dogma. For example, some can be used in argumentative style, some can be used in descriptive style, some can be used in suspense style, some can be used in quotation style, and so on. We also need middle school students to practice more and experience more, and work hard to explore, so as to achieve the effect of drawing inferences from one example. In this way, I believe that the students will be able to write the ending of "It's like ringing a bell, and the lingering sound lingers on the beams".

The ancients said: "A good ending is like chewing dried fruits and tasting fragrant tea, which makes people think about it again and again." Like the beginning, the ending is also very important. Wouldn’t it be a pity if an article with a clear theme and novel angle was disappointed by an unfavorable ending at the end? How to make the ending deep and powerful, with lingering sounds and endless aftertaste is the key for our middle school students to practice ending writing. . Several training questions are provided below for students to learn from.

Fragment training questions:

1. Taking "reading" as the topic, draft your own topic and write an essay.

Writing tips: "Books are human nutrition", "Books are the ladder of human progress", the masters say, books are the crystallization of human wealth, and they are also good teachers and helpful friends for our students. Regarding this broad topic, we students will definitely have something to say. How to speak well, we should also pay attention to the following points: ① The angle should be new and small, write the story of reading a book, and write about the phenomenon of reading. A question will be written profoundly and thoroughly because of its small angle. ② Write your own experiences and feelings, write true feelings, do not write false or empty content, and do not write clichés. ③ Mainly use one way of expression, and avoid inconsistency in style.

When conceiving the end of this type of composition, you only need to summarize the full text and highlight the topics at the end of the article. Ending example: Life tells me: Only those who can really read "extracurricular books" are the outstanding heroes of the times! I seem to feel the wind of the times passing by my ears, and it leaves an instruction: Take care of yourself! I am here I also want to advise thousands of peers: read more to think carefully, read carefully to discern clearly! For our better tomorrow! ("I Watch Extracurricular Reading")

2. "Winter Lyrical" 》Writing Tips: An article can express strong feelings, soft feelings, deep feelings, or light feelings. The key is the perspective from which the author writes. This kind of lyrical article. Only when the author's true feelings are injected into the writing can the article have life and vitality. We encourage students to write about real things and express true feelings. Only in this way can the ending naturally add the finishing touch and sublimate emotions. Otherwise, empty expressions at the end will only make people feel like randomly pasted posters, which is very uncoordinated.

Ending example: "Winter is coming, can spring be far behind?" This famous poem has been quoted continuously for decades, and it symbolizes hope. In this transparent winter, people can use a clear mind to recognize the path under their feet and walk step by step. Lying still or taking detours will delay the realization of hopes.

3. Use "window" as the topic, choose your own angle, and write an essay. Except for poetry, the style is not limited, and the title is your own.

Writing Tips: There must be windows in construction projects, and human eyes are called the windows of the soul... There are too many connotations attached to windows, and there are too many extended meanings worth exploring. As a topic, there are many thoughts that can be elucidated. a lot of. We should choose to write from a familiar angle based on our own feelings. The ending of this type of composition can be a finishing touch. The ancients compared the ending to ringing a bell, which is to produce an artistic effect of lingering sound. If the ending leaves room for the reader's imagination and is endlessly memorable, it will undoubtedly add luster to the article.

Ending example Not long ago, grandma left, taking away the laughter, the greetings, the window, and my heart. I know that that window is the most beautiful memory in my life... Ah! That old man, that true love, that small window... ("The Small Window at Grandma's House")

Selected Analysis of Sample Essays

The Ruthless Back

When I read "The Back" by Zhu Ziqing, I thought of the backs of my parents. But it's not completely different, because Zhu Ziqing's article shows his father's concern for him, while my parents' backs left me with nothing but ruthless regret. When I was 5 years old, I was brought to the court, and my grandmother held me on a chair. I saw my parents, and I called them loudly, but they ignored me. My father and mother argued endlessly in court, and finally I heard that I was sentenced to my mother, so my father left the court. I shouted "Dad——", but the "back figure" left me without looking back. From then on I lived with my mother and grandmother.

But within a few days, my heartless mother also left me. Grandma wanted to leave me, but she couldn't bear it, so she kept me. So I was like a child without a father and mother, living with my grandma all day long.

In the days when I was with my grandma, I often thought of the scenes when I lived with my parents: my father rode a bicycle, took me to play on the street, and took me to the river to fish; my mother took me to the store. , buy me clothes. When I think of these, my tears can't stop flowing down.

After that, my grandma sent me to school, and my uncle provided my tuition. When a classmate invited me to attend his birthday celebration, I was extremely envious when I saw other parents giving their children exquisite gifts and asking them to make wishes in front of candles. I have wanted to have a birthday so much. I don’t want the sweet and delicious cake, nor the exquisite gifts. I just want my parents to reconcile and wish me a birthday. But I have been looking forward to it until today, but it has not happened yet.

When I learned from my uncle that my mother had remarried and my father was married, I cried bitterly.

Grandma came over and said, "Child, don't cry. They are ruthless and meaningless things. They are not worth your sorrow for them. You should study hard and do a great job and let them see it." At this time, grandma's Tears also flowed down unconsciously.

Dad, Mom, how much I want to have a home, a warm and happy home, how much I want to have the love of my parents, but I can’t get it. Dad, Mom, do you know that your passing has brought me endless sadness and resentment, made me suffer the pain of losing a loved one, and made me, a child who has parents but not their love, experience How many ups and downs in the world have I endured! I once again called from the bottom of my heart: "Dad, Mom, have mercy on me, please remarry..." However, the only answer to me was the echoes, and the feeling that was getting farther and farther away from me. , a back that is getting smaller and smaller in my eyes...

Ending comments: The divorce of parents has brought indelible trauma to the children's hearts. The young author expressed his longing for his parents in the article. , especially the ending is touching and tear-jerking. The sincere call for parents to remarry seems to linger in our ears for a long time. It is unforgettable and leaves people with endless thoughts and endless aftertaste.

The beginning of the composition

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The beginning of the composition (Shunde Teaching and Research Office)

When Jia Baoyu commented on the Grand View Garden, he said something very insightful: 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". "College Entrance Examination" magazine collected and sorted out the excellent college entrance examination essays in recent years and found that there are many remarkable things, but all of them are shining with "wit" and "rational interest". Just looking at the beginning and end of these articles is enough to make us feel gratified and inspired. We have made some classifications of them for you, maybe you can also learn from them.

1. Be the first to read the opening paragraph

The most taboo thing about the opening paragraph is that it gives people the feeling of going off topic in one stroke. It bluntly tells the marking teacher that the author has not reviewed the meaning of the question, and the composition will be scored badly. Big discount. Please look at the beginnings of several essays from the 2004 Guangdong College Entrance Examination.

Example 1 "Remembered by Language and Communication": "Look at the flowers blooming and falling, and the clouds rolling and relaxing. The bright sunshine in early spring reveals the breath of summer; the lush green clothing in midsummer indicates autumn. The abundant harvest of golden autumn indicates the desolation of winter. As autumn turns to winter, everything in nature performs wonderfully. How can our human society hope for the early spring if it has not been baptized by the harsh winter? Just like nature, without the connection of language and different ways of life, how can we connect the world as a whole and build a bridge of communication? "This metaphor at the beginning is inappropriate, and the previous metaphors do not have similarities. Lay the groundwork well. Why do you say this? Language and communication are the relationship between premise and result, but where does this relationship exist between "green clothing" and "harvest", "fruit" and "bleakness"? In particular, the rhetorical question "If you have not experienced the baptism of severe winter, how can you hope for the hope of early spring?" is even more inaccessible to the topic.

Example 2 "Soul Interaction": "The big trees never laugh at the weakness of the grass. Although the grass is weak, it adds to the greenness of the grassland; peonies never laugh at the simplicity of wild flowers. Although wild flowers are simple, But it brings infinite vitality to the earth. The reason why big trees, grass, peonies and wild flowers can live in harmony is because they have the same language, communicate with each other, and have spiritual interactions. " When this beginning moves closer to the topic, it also fails to identify the similarities and seems far-fetched.

Example 3 "Language and Communication": "Language is a grass, communication is a green shade; language is a white cloud, communication is a cloud; language is a flower, communication is a A sea of ??flowers." This beginning treats "language" and "communication" as the relationship between the individual and the whole, without understanding the connection between the two.

The above three examples are all writing methods that use metaphors to break into the topic in order to increase literary talent. This is also the usual writing method of many candidates.

If the examinee does not have an accurate grasp of the topic and gets off track at the beginning, his or her score will be seriously affected. The following example illustrates the role of language more accurately and vividly.

Example 4 "Communication starts with language": "Language is a bridge, connecting this shore and the other shore; language is a waterfall, connecting streams and deep pools; language is a rainbow, connecting the sky and the earth. Only language can be accurately understood Only through expression can communication be successful. If the language is wrong, it may cause unpredictable consequences. So how can the language be expressed accurately and the communication be successful? ”

So, is the opening paragraph good? The core issue still lies in reviewing the question; when reviewing the meaning of the question and solving the problem, first seek accuracy and then image. Here are some ways to get started.

1. Quoting famous sayings

①Ask what love is in the world and 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, and what's mine belongs to everyone." After a long time, I 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, by this rich man Inspired by innovative scholars, I would like 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 the problem or wandering between multiple solutions. At an intersection, how to go becomes a mystery in your mind, and you are often indecisive and leaning left and right. At this time, it is necessary to think from a different angle, which will give you more chances of success. ("Spinning the Kaleidoscope")

2. Use letter format skillfully

①Dear Grandpa Confucius:

Hello! I am an ordinary descendant of yours, and I have the courage to write to you after thousands of years, not only to send you my respectful greetings, but also to urgently await your advice on several difficult questions. ("A Letter to Confucius")

②Hateful standard answer:

When I see you, I am really filled with righteous indignation. So, driven by the flames of anger, I write this letter to denounce you. The answers are rich and colorful, but you have to wear the "standard" hat. You know, just because of the word "standard", countless tragedies have happened. The following are your three major crimes:... ("A Letter to the "Standard Answer"")

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