How to write a good appreciation essay can be divided into two levels. The first level is to meet the basic requirements; The second level is to improve the quality of writing.
Meeting the basic requirements is "qualified", and the article written must first be guaranteed to be an appreciation article. Specifically, the following three requirements should be met.
The first level: meet the basic requirements
1, in line with the style. Appreciation essay is an argumentative essay, which is to appreciate and comment on literary works. As an argumentative essay, it should meet the basic requirements of argumentative essay; There must be argumentation, that is, a conclusive understanding of a certain aspect of the work; There must be arguments, that is, the materials and sentences quoted from the work; To have an argument is to analyze these materials to prove the correctness of the argument, so as to complete the appreciation and evaluation of the original work. Some students make mistakes in this respect and can't write argumentative papers. They simply summarize the original content and simply repeat the stories in the works, which is similar to introducing the "skills" of movies and TV dramas.
2, in line with the content. Article appreciation must be the analysis, appreciation and evaluation of the article, and can not be written as one's own reading feelings, feelings and sentiments. The former is a comment on the "object" of the work, while the latter is a reading experience of the "subject". The former is good for writing this work, and the latter is what I learned after reading it. Writing such an article must be based on evaluation, not experience. Of course, you can insert a few feelings and experiences, but it should also be used to demonstrate the evaluation point of view. If the main space falls on the experience of writing, it will not meet the requirements of the content.
3. The structure is complete. Structural integrity can be said from two aspects.
First, the article is complete in form. As a complete article, even if it is short, it should have a title and a body. A well-written title will greatly enhance the appreciation interest of commentators and increase impression points. What students tend to overlook is that they don't write titles. In 2005, Hunan College Entrance Examination required candidates to write an appreciation article, but did not require candidates to write a title. That's because I'm afraid that candidates don't know how to write this question for the first time. This is just a "compromise" on the status quo of candidates. Originally, the title of the article should be drawn up by the candidates themselves. Self-made topics can not only show candidates' writing ability, but also allow students to discuss freely and truly express their views.
The title of the appreciation article is divided into two parts: the theme and the subtitle. The theme reveals the content or viewpoint of the evaluation, and the subtitle reveals the evaluated article and the evaluation perspective. For example, the topics marked in the 2005 college entrance examination papers are: ① the description of "giant"-a brief analysis of Beethoven: the language description of a giant; ② Portrait of "Teacher" —— On the Portrait Description of the Giant Beethoven. The title of these two articles refers to the content of appreciation, and the subtitle refers to the evaluated works and appreciation from a certain angle.
It is emphasized that to write short articles instead of comments, there must be topics (including positive topics and sub-topics). If the test paper is not marked with a topic, the candidate must draw up a complete text and then write it.
The second is the integrity of the article. As an argumentative essay, there must be arguments, arguments and arguments. As a literary appreciation (special style), it is necessary to describe and comment, and the center is "comment". "Narrative" refers to describing the original work, or summarizing the original content, or introducing the original sentence of the work. "Narration" is the basis of "criticism", the basis of "criticism", the origin of "narration" and the core of appreciating articles. If you just refine the main idea of the article, or summarize the content of the article, or clarify the content of the article
Thinking, or showing the language of an article, without evaluating or talking about its meaning and benefits, is like showing a treasure without talking about its value, which does not meet the requirements of "appreciation" Therefore, if there is a "statement", there must be a "comment", and this "comment" should be based on the original work, so don't talk big or cliche. "Comment" is the core, not in terms of words. Sometimes you can write a few more words, and the evaluation is concise and to the point, just like painting a dragon with nitrile. Although the number of words is small, it is also possible.
The second level: improve the quality of the article.
A good appreciation composition should not only meet the general requirements of general composition, such as healthy thinking, clear organization and fluent language. , but according to the characteristics of this style, it also meets the following standards.
1, the center is clear. As far as the content of appreciation is concerned, the center is clear. You are an admired figure. You should comment around the center of image, what kind of image it is, what kind of personality characteristics it has, where it can be seen, and what kind of social significance it has. Don't say anything beyond image appreciation, such as the layout of the structure and the style of the author's language, if it has nothing to do with image shaping.
2. The viewpoint is correct. As far as the critic's understanding is concerned, it should conform to the original work itself, that is, your evaluation of the work should be suitable for the reality of the work. For example, the language in the background is simple and dignified, but you say it is elegant and gorgeous, which is unrealistic. Another example is the image of "I" in Blessing. He was originally an intellectual with anti-feudal progressive thoughts, hated the rulers and sympathized with the oppressed people at the lower level, but obviously he had no choice but to compromise and fled because of weakness. It is not realistic to describe him as an anti-feudal standard bearer and a strong and unyielding warrior. Understanding that does not conform to the actual work is an incorrect view and is not objectively recognized; An appreciation article written from this angle is definitely not a good article, even if the thinking is clear and the words are orderly.
3. Demonstrate the coincidence argument. The central argument of appreciation is always the conclusive cognitive evaluation of a literary work, and this central argument does not come out of thin air, but is rooted in the work itself and extracted from it. Therefore, to demonstrate this conclusion, we must find evidence from the text and find events, plot descriptions and sentences that can prove the argument. This is the key material to demonstrate the argument. If you can't find these materials. Arguments that are divorced from arguments and do not support arguments are bound to be a bad article. (See the explanation of the appreciation example of "Village on the Road" in the back for details. )
4. Flexible quotation. When writing an appreciation article, I always quote the original text as an example. Or summarize the narrative content, or quote the original sentence. Citation, obviously writing ability will be cited, which is not only accurate, to the point, but also flexible. If you don't quote, copy in large sections. This is a no-no for writing short articles. Copying a few long sentences takes only three or four hundred words, and the number of words is enough. There is only one point left in the full text, no comments. The so-called flexibility, on the one hand, refers to the strong ability of language generalization, on the other hand, it is to pick out the keywords and short sentences in the original text and embed them in your own words, so that they can be read smoothly and vividly. For example, the following example of commenting on the viewpoint of "walking in the village on the road" says: Later, I married a woman with "village rhyme" and opened a restaurant with "village rhyme", so I only quoted "rhyme" and ". .
Force, but also allow students to discuss freely and truly express their opinions.
5. Explore the characteristics of the original.
The requirement of writing an appreciation article in the examination paper only puts forward an angle, that is, it is limited to which aspect to evaluate the work. As for how to appreciate and evaluate the works, it is up to you to explore the highlights and characteristics of the works. This requires a reading eye. You can only see what everyone can see, and the appreciation written can only be generalized; If you can see what others can't see and grasp the characteristics, you can write a distinctive article. For example, the language of Taking the Village on the Road is generally fresh, meaningful and fluent. If you want to grasp the characteristics, that is the two points listed in the example. First, the word "fried" gives a word a variety of temporary meanings in different language environments, which is concise, rich and ingenious. For example, when I tried to hide the village, the word "village" in this sentence was "the rustic smell brought by the village". If the original sentence is changed to "the local flavor brought by the village when I tried to cover it up", it will be clearer, but it will lose the artistry and unique charm of the language. The second feature of this language is to use images instead of abstract narratives. Such as "Let the village take a nap". Grasping these two characteristics (different from the general ones), there will be innovation in views and expressions.
In order to better illustrate the problem, the essay "Walking in the Village on the Road" and two appreciation essays are attached below. Comments will be added at the end of the article to illustrate.
A village walking on the road
Lu chunian
I thought at that time that I would probably only do one thing in my life: leave the village. 、
It's not that I'm unhappy in the village. The water and soil in the village suit me very well. It's just that people in the village say that the outside world is wonderful and take leaving the village as a promise. I chose a summer to leave, and people were dozing off, so I left unnoticed. Don't let them feel that I have any nostalgia, that I have taken something from the village, and that I should go forward and leave them all that I can leave them.
Later, I found out that I was deceiving myself. When you are tired on the road and have a rest, open your bag, which contains a whole village. I'm ashamed. I want to get rid of them somewhere in the city, but on this long road of life, you can't give up what you have before you get what you want. Studying in the county. I can't give up my poverty among boarding students. My food is worse than many others. Generally, I only buy one side dish and eat my hometown dishes: salted fish, altar vegetables and pickled peppers. You can eat fried rice and tea when you are hungry. Fried rice tea is made by my mother herself. Just rinse it with boiling water and add some brown sugar. It smells good. Studying in the provincial capital, I thought I was getting farther and farther away from the village, but I couldn't get rid of my hometown dialect. Working in an office, I can't get rid of the old-fashioned style in my hometown. I often wonder if my colleagues will call me a hillbilly in private. I often come to see my fellow villagers, and seeing them is like seeing myself. What worries me is this: Is it really impossible to throw away the village cliff?
When I want to hide the village, the village takes care of me like a shadow, taking care of many people who come out of the village like me. After graduation, I was assigned to this city. I met a woman named Lian in the city. Everything about her has the charm of a village. She doesn't care about my family background, but she takes a fancy to the industriousness and simplicity of peasant children; Accepting her love, I know that the fork is equivalent to accepting the kindness of the village. Later, my stepfather and mother followed me into the city and opened a home.
The restaurant, a hometown dish that once called me shy, was served on a big table. Hometown dishes all come from the geomantic omen of their hometown, with special taste. With the help of the local restaurant, I made some money. I really can't leave the village. I began to understand that those of us who go out will always be the pride and burden of the village; We spread her kindness and renovate her ugliness.
I don't know when I started to put the village in my mouth like sugar. I accidentally blurted it out. Wherever I go, the village will come to me. The bamboo wares in the village, the grain in the village and the flowers in the village have entered the city. It feels as if all this has followed me into the city. We who come out of the village often get together to talk about the village, as if we were in a certain field in the village. When we are poor, we always treat the village as shy; When we are rich, we use this village to spice things up. We always use villages as bedding and background.
I always feel that I owe something to the village, and I don't want to admit it. Finally, one day, my soul was constantly tortured, and the village really stood out. Let's go, go back, people from the village, go back and do something, or do nothing. The village didn't know us at first, but we knew who we were as soon as we spoke. After all, we have touched this land naked, and my breath is still in the village. In fact, just when we want to shorten the distance from the village again, the village seems to be drifting away. The scenery of the village and the ideas of the villagers often make us silent. We are getting closer and closer to strangers. It is difficult for us to return anything to the village, because we have taken too many things in the past. We didn't take a shovel when we left, but we took something else, which I didn't really know until I wrote it alone at night.
What I ignored at that time was that my words disturbed the village again. I still have my greatest wish to realize in the second half of my life, that is, to take me on the road when the village takes a nap.
Example 1
The tide rises and falls, and the waves are rough.
-analysis of the concept of "taking the village on the road"
At the beginning of Lu's "Walking the Village on the Road", he wrote that "Wanderers" always miss the village and can't give up their homesickness for the village. Its writing ideas are very clear, rising step by step, pushing up wave by wave, leading readers into its emotional world.
In order to appreciate the wonderful outside world and pursue the promise of life, "I" made up my mind to leave the village quietly and try not to take anything away from the village. This is the starting point of my whereabouts and emotions. However, everything was unexpected. First of all, real life is inseparable from the village, eating fried rice with salted fish cooked by my mother, chewing and swallowing the village. What is particularly difficult to dry-clean is the atmosphere of the village and the influence of the village culture, which is deeply imprinted in my heart. No matter where I go, I am still the son of the village. This is the first wave of the article.
Then he married a woman with "country flavor" and opened a restaurant with "country flavor". Not only did he not forget, but he also "broadcast" the village in the city. This is the second wave.
When I realized that the village not only nurtured my childhood, but also nurtured me today, the village became my pride and my words were loud and clear. The tide of feelings is getting higher and higher. So, "I" felt guilty about the village and decided to feed it back. I am on my way again with a new wish. The desire of "My Later Life" responded to the ignorance of wanting to leave the village at that time. At this point, the article is in a more sincere and profound feeling.