Tips at the beginning of an essay

1. Quoting famous quotes

① Asking what love is in the world can teach you how to make love between life and death. Yuan Haowen is indeed easy to ask and very good at asking questions. This question of his 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, this rich man is inspired by 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 change your perspective and consider it, 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"")

3. Borrowing the writing style of Zhanghui novels

① "It is said that the general trend of the world must be divided over time. "If we unite for a long time, we will divide." The era when the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu were at odds with each other no longer exists. The great rivers are moving eastward, and the waves have wiped out all the heroes of the past. And Adou, the former heir to the Kingdom of Shu, has also become "lucky to miss Shu", and the world has become the world of the "Sima clan". ("The Meeting of the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms")

②The Juyi Hall in Liangshanbo is now brightly lit and full of people. One hundred and eight heroes gathered here, and everyone was quarreling. What are they arguing about? It turns out that Liang Shanbo will be selecting tiger fighting heroes recently. This honorary title is a big deal, and whoever wins it will be able to sit in the second place in Liangshanbo. So all the heroes gathered here and argued endlessly. ("Who is the hero who fights the tiger")

4. Use rhetoric skillfully

Using rhetorical techniques at the beginning can easily express the author's inner feelings and arouse the reader's interest in reading. For example, the beginning of "Spiritual Choice" in 2002 reads: "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 experience the taste of life." The vast green forest. But my choice is one by one. "It starts with a parallel sentence, the sentence structure is neat, the tone is sonorous, and the contrast between the front and back not only highlights the topic but also sets up suspense, which encourages people to read. In addition, the 2001 college entrance examination excellent essay "Integrity-Eternal Green Card" begins with: "Integrity is like the first ray of sunshine in spring, which makes people yearn for; like a piece of sweet watermelon in summer, it is held in the mouth and sweet in the heart; The autumn wind brings a fiery red maple leaf from afar, causing infinite concern; like the flying snowflakes in winter, covering the wheat fields with thick quilts. "The beginning uses metaphors and parallelism to describe the value and meaning of integrity. desire for integrity.

5. Lyric method.

That is, express your true feelings directly at the beginning of the article to clarify the main purpose of the article. Commonly used lyrical methods include hypothetical lyricism, contrastive lyricism and foil lyricism. For example, the 2001 college entrance examination masterpiece "Pick Up the Knapsack of Integrity" begins with: "If life is a running train, then integrity is an indispensable wheel; if life is a sailing ship, then integrity is an indispensable wheel. It is an indispensable backpack that will accompany you forever." The author uses metaphors and contrasts to illustrate the importance of integrity. Another example is the beginning of the 2002 college entrance examination excellent essay "The Footsteps of Choice": "What is it that suddenly passes through the heart, leaving a moment of splendor? What is it that quietly waters the heart and cultivates sweet memories? What is it that gently taps? What is it that makes your heart, my heart, and his heart play that magnificent movement together, those heart-shaking choices, those difficult and beautiful choices? It’s that song of your choice that you sing loudly..." The opening chapter starts with four parallel questions to arouse people’s deep thoughts and express the value and significance of choices to life, thus expressing the author’s feelings.

6. Get straight to the point.

Because this kind of beginning is straightforward, it can go straight to the title of the article, enter the scene of writing a narrative, or grasp the essence of the discussion at once, so it is suitable for a variety of literary styles. For example, the 2002 excellent college entrance examination essay "Choose the Soul of China" begins with "Looking through past history to find the heart's regretless choice." The following is divided into subtitles: 1. The choice of a hero. 2. The choice of the king. 3. The choice of scientists. In this way, a few words at the beginning lead directly to the following. Another example is the 2002 college entrance examination excellent essay "Wisdom and Thought - My Choice", which begins with: "After completing middle school, I received admission brochures from three universities, and I had to make a sacred choice." The author is straightforward, concise and concise. He uses the summary to lead to the following, and provides a general introduction to how he chooses between the "university of wealth", "university of power" and "university of wisdom".

7. Descriptive method.

Descriptive method means to use some kind of rhetoric or certain descriptive techniques to exaggerate the atmosphere and set off the atmosphere through the description of the scenery, so as to set the stage for the beginning of the following characters or events. This method is particularly effective for narratives, essays, and argumentative essays. For example, the 2002 college entrance examination excellent essay "Zhaojun's Choice" begins with: "The deep wall, the bright-eyed palace maid, the silent pink butterfly, and the lazy dressing are like the wheels of the palace, slowly rolling through Zhaojun's heart." Four more formal phrases are used at the beginning of the article. They are neat in form and elegant in wording. They are modifiers that describe the character's traits. The image accurately reveals the character's characteristics. It renders and highlights Zhaojun's wise spiritual choices below, making the opening sentence more vivid. The description fits well with the events in the text. Another example is the National Essay Competition in 1997. Someone wrote in an article titled "White Cloud, Water Drops": "There is a white cloud floating in the blue sky, and in the white cloud are small water droplets. Who makes the white cloud high?" Floating high? It's those little water droplets, you hold my hand, I hold yours, creating that freedom and elegance together." The article starts with a metaphor, which is personified, and the passage is very poetic. , for the following metaphor, our society is a white cloud, and each member is a molecule in the white cloud. It inspires us that we should work together to create a beautiful environment.

8. Take over the topic method.

That is, at the beginning of the article, you should make reasonable imagination and extension along the topic material and the ideas provided by the topic. This kind of continuation can either continue from the end of the topic background, or it can intercept a little continuation from the raw material. For example, the 2001 college entrance examination excellent essay "Integrity Interview" begins with: "It's so boring. 'Integrity' has always been troublesome, and I sigh from time to time, why did you abandon me? Could it be that the times are different and I am useless too? ? No, I'm going to find good friends and let them comment!" After that, the article compiled the story of "Integrity" visiting "Money", revealing the large number of money transactions, power and sex transactions in real life, and even "Penny transactions" also appeared in the civilized and pure cultural pure land. The ingenious design at the beginning provides a scientific and thorough introduction to the following story.

9. Character appearance method.

In articles about human narratives, in order to inspire readers, sometimes close-ups can be used to let the characters reveal themselves, so as to catch the readers' attention before seeing their actions. For example, the 2001 College Entrance Examination masterpiece "How Can You Abandon Me - A Self-Report of Honesty" reads at the beginning: "My surname is Honesty, my name is Honesty, and I don't deceive anyone. I am born with the universe and depend on the human heart. It can be traced back to ancient times, and it can shine today." , It can help make friends from afar, and it can help relatives and friends from afar." The article begins with a self-introduction, explaining the surname, birth background and unique personality, narrowing the distance between the author and the reader, expressing his heart through words, and enlightening the theme of the article.

10. Clever use of fables

① Yu Gong’s family has lived here for generations. Two mountains, Wangwu and Taihang, block the way. Life is hard! This place seems to be isolated from the rest of the world. Anything new in the city has become old news here. This kind of life really needs to change. Yu Gong thought: I have to find a way to move Taihang and Wangwu mountains. ("The Story of New Yu Gong and Zhi Sou")

② Magpie posted a large advertisement: "In order to adapt to the needs of the times, our school will implement all-round quality education, learning everything and teaching everything. Make your child a versatile generalist and invincible in the competition. Tuition fee: 3,000 yuan per semester; training fee: 2,000 yuan; sponsorship fee: 15,000 yuan." ("All-round School")

11. Clever use of inscriptions 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 freedom and ease of the small wild chrysanthemum... Life, you can Not brilliant, but 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")

② If you lose money, you only lose a small part; if you lose health, you only lose a small half; if you lose integrity, then you He was almost destitute.

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")

12. Use problem-solving methods skillfully

A friend once gave me such a question ingeniously: In the following beautiful scenery Which one do you like best?

A. A piece of pure white feathers fell leisurely in the shining golden sunlight.

B. A petal of fallen red swirled and floated in the quiet and deep water.

C. A shooting star disappeared in an instant in the dark blue sky.

D. A drop of crystal clear dew slipped quietly on the tip of the tender and fresh green grass blades.

After reading this question, I was stunned. The ever-changing nature, the rising and setting of the sun, the rising and falling of the tides, how many beautiful scenery are heart-pounding and leisurely. ... ("Infinite Possibilities and Infinite Beauty")

13. Use celebrities to answer questions

① Someone asked: What is happiness? The answers are varied.

Nietzsche believed: "The happiest person is the person who can swallow centipedes, broken glass, meat worms, and stones all at once without feeling nauseated." However, the Stoics believe: "Having infinite wealth and power, and being able to deal with things calmly, that is true happiness." ("The Answer is Colorful")

②Archimedes said: "Give me a fulcrum , I can lift the earth up!"

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

14. Skillful use of poetry to express poetic flavor

Ending techniques for 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 unfavorable 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", the ending is also required to be concise, vivid and just right. Generally speaking, the common mistakes students make at the end of their compositions are: ① Superfluous. That is to say, the full text has come to an end, and it could have been thought-provoking, but the author is still worried, so he insists on trembling a few sentences to explain the whereabouts of the characters that do not need to be explained one by one, and to reveal 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 irrelevant to the content of the article, this kind of ending greatly 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. This kind of ending is called a "natural ending". It completely avoids the ending problems of superfluous and pointless moaning in the article. 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 expressive, you can write wherever you want, and you can fully express your feelings, which is a good article. However, being "natural" does not mean doing whatever you want, being sloppy, but following the natural trend of literary development to complete 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 way to end all kinds of articles. This binding method can arouse the reader's psychological sense of beauty and create a sense of harmony from beginning to end. For example, "A Precious Shirt" begins with "In my home, I keep a cool white shirt." It ends with: "For four years, I have carefully collected this precious shirt and never parted with it. Wear it once. "The ending of "Praise to the Poplar" echoes the beginning: "I want to praise the poplar tree loudly!"

3. The style of the death chapter. This kind of ending means that at the end of the article, relying on the content of the full text, using concise language to clearly express the theme idea, or when the full text is about to come to an end, the writing intention is clearly explained, so this ending method Also known as "painting the dragon and pointing the light". 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 its homeland as we are." At the end of "Recording a Spinning Wheel" it is written: "Fighting against difficulties, The fun is endless. - 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 prose, narratives, and essays. In a few words, it expresses profound and thought-provoking philosophical or warning content, making it deeply imprinted in the hearts of readers and serving as a reminder that "the words have been exhausted, but the meaning is endless." Effect. "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' cries, 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 essays 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 adequacy. For example, at the end of "Flower Market" it is written: "She stood smiling slightly among the flowers, just like a flower, like a tall and elegant orchid." Another example is the two natural paragraphs at the end of "Remembering My Mother". A typical lyrical argumentative ending. 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 there are also rules to follow. The above ending methods are just some commonly used ending methods. Do not copy them mechanically. A truly good ending lies in the candidate's daily solid training, the candidate's on-the-spot performance, and the candidate's "outside of poetry".