Second, about the flesh and blood of argumentative writing.
An argumentative essay with only three elements is inevitably dry, like falling in love. It's all routine. What about sincerity? In the book, Teacher Yang teaches children many moves to add flesh and blood to argumentative writing.
(1) Tell a story
It is human nature to love stories. There are many famous stories in middle school textbooks. The story has a special charm, which attracts us. Let's pay attention to it. Because the story can have two functions, increasing the interest of the article and inspiring people's thoughts. Therefore, using stories with reasoning can not only make the truth clearer, but also make the article more attractive.
Although the story is wonderful, an argumentative essay and a story are enough. A story in an argumentative essay is different from a novel. It pays more attention to the ideas that the story can inspire, rather than how wonderful the story itself is. The author specifies the number and location of stories in the back. A true theorist and master of reasoning is to discover stories from the perspective of writing papers, to deal with stories with the mind of writing papers, to make stories play the role of reasoning, to achieve the purpose of reasoning, and to use stories to achieve their own goals.
Teacher Yang analyzed the positioning of this story with the article "Showing sons and nephews for learning" as an example. Put it in the middle of the article, discuss it first, tell a story in the middle, and then discuss it. This is the most common method. A better way is to put the story at the beginning of the article, seize the reader from the beginning, and let the reader have the desire to continue reading.
Where does the story come from? Stories you usually listen to, articles you read, movies you watch, and news you watch are all materials for writing argumentative papers. You can arrange a story at the beginning or in the middle of the article. Don't be greedy for stories. A thought-provoking story can improve the pattern of the whole article, which is enough!
(B) Poetry Cloud
If the purpose of adding stories to argumentative essays is to catch readers' eyes and arouse their thinking, what is the purpose of adding poems? Persuading people by reasoning is not the specialty of poetry. What's the use of poetry in it? The author's interpretation is that the advantages of poetry are touching, intoxicating and purifying people's hearts. When it comes to reasoning, this expression of poetry can be used to remove the psychological resistance of the other party, break down the barriers of the other party, make the reasons available, and achieve the effect of reasoning.
The function of poetry goes far beyond this. The language of ancient poetry is very concise. Two short poems may cover many aspects and need hundreds or even thousands of words to describe. Making the best explanation with the least number of words is the pursuit of writing an argumentative essay, but the poet accomplished it easily. For example:
"Who knows that every grain is hard"-a poem that is often used to advocate frugality, pointing directly at the hardships of farmers and should not waste food.
"Since ancient times, no one has died in life, so we should shine on history with the heart of Dan"-a poem advocating "sacrifice". To live is subtraction, to die may be multiplication.
"The clouds are light and the wind is light near noon, and the willows cross the river by the flowers"-advocating "simple happiness" reflects the poet's philosophy of life and cultural background.
You don't have to write a poem in the discussion, but it is definitely a plus item to mention the corresponding poem in the argumentative paper.
3. Description
Sometimes, the author needs a "picture" to strengthen the argument. So how can readers see pictures in words? Description, of course
In the circle of friends, people often send messages to raise money for patients. Some people don't want to see a picture of a patient lying in a hospital bed if they intuitively see it. If we do this by writing an argumentative essay, the argument is of course that we need to lend a helping hand. What about the argument? It is not necessarily meaningful to say that the patient is in a miserable situation. After all, it has nothing to do with the reader. At this time, you might as well add a description.
Intercept a patient's life scene: the doctor called the patient's family out of the ward and told them that the expenses would run out. If you can't renew the fee on schedule, you should stop taking the medicine. Once the drug is stopped, it will have an irreversible impact on the health of patients. Worried and helpless, the family hid at the door of the ward and looked at the dying patient lying in bed, secretly crying. ...
The description allows readers to "see" with their own eyes. We believe what we see with our own eyes more than what we hear from other places.
(4) rhetorical questions
Using rhetorical questions in argumentative writing can make the trend of the article rise and attract readers' attention. We can just ask and not answer:
As for dogs and horses, you can keep them. Disrespect. Why is it different? -just asking without answering can arouse readers' thinking.
You can also ask yourself:
How difficult is it in the world? For it, it is easy and difficult; If you don't do it, it's hard for easy people. -raise your voice when you ask, relax your voice when you answer, and feel rhythmic.
Three or eight papers
1, with "illegal" sentences as the backbone.
2. Find more than two arguments for this "right and wrong"
If possible, prepare a short story
4. If possible, prepare one or two permissions.
5. Prepare some poems if necessary.
6. Be prepared to use descriptions and metaphors when necessary.
7. Use rhetorical questions occasionally
8. Use exclamatory tone occasionally.
In the article, Mr. Wang spent a lot of space writing "eight articles" for readers' reference. The most commendable thing is that he spent a lot of space at the end of the book, overthrowing the "eight articles" and pointing out that "there is no fixed law in writing."
I think a really good book should be like this. Tell complex things in simple words, which readers find vague, and become clear as soon as they are mentioned. This book can be used as a reference book. If you encounter problems in writing argumentative papers, you can look them up and get inspiration and answers from them.