Words, like beautiful flowers, can increase the aesthetic feeling and enrich the connotation of articles. In recent years, although students' argumentative writing level has improved, there are still many students who do not pay attention to expression and lack vivid language. Things like clay figurines and horses, which have pictures but are lifeless, simply can't meet the standard of "blending sense with reason and touching the heart". How can we write a vivid argumentative essay, making it lively, interesting and lifeless? Clever use of rhetoric can make an argumentative essay shine.

First, use metaphors correctly to make the language more vivid.

Aristotle said, "A good metaphor is genius." Metaphor is the most commonly used method to enhance language image. In argumentative writing, using clever metaphors to explain things can often concretize abstract truth and make the language of argumentative writing lively, thus achieving good reasoning effect.

1. Put forward the central argument by using metaphor correctly, and make the central argument vivid.

Wan Song can be a forest, Wan Hua can be an ocean of flowers, Wan Cao can be a grassland, and Wan Lang can be a magnificent sea. Regardless of pine, flowers, grass and waves, they are equally ordinary and equally great. Because the ordinary makes the great.

-"Ordinary Achieves Great"

Comments: First, things like pine, flowers, grass and waves are compared to ordinary people, and then the central argument-"Ordinary makes great achievements" is introduced, which enhances the image of the argument.

2. Correct use of figurative argument makes the argument deep and infectious.

Climb a trick, the arm does not lengthen, but the person you see is far away; Breathe with the wind, the sound does not add disease, and the smell is obvious. False horses are not good enough, but lead thousands of miles; People on fake boats can't swim, but they can't swim. A gentleman's life is the same, and he is good at false things.

-"Encourage learning"

Comments: The continuous use of four metaphors has repeatedly demonstrated that people must rely on learning to improve themselves. Metaphor is easy to understand and reasoning is thorough and powerful.

3. Correct use of philosophical metaphor makes the full-text argument better.

Proper use of figurative and philosophical aphorisms such as "Looking at the side of the mountain is the peak, only in this mountain", "Asking the canal so clearly, there is flowing water at the source" and "Without some hardships, plum blossoms come naturally" can not only strengthen the argumentation of argumentative papers, but sometimes make readers marvel. For example, a smile is like a flowing stream. Smile, like a crescent moon hanging, bright and bright; Smile, like a tall and straight pine tree, accumulates all kinds of power ... If there is one power that can make people persevere, it is the power of smile; If there is one power that can make people confident, it is the power of smiling; If there is one power that can warm people's hearts, it is the power of smiling!

In a word, using metaphor to demonstrate can make the reasoning of the article vivid and concise.

Second, the correct use of parallelism makes the language more imposing.

Parallelism refers to the use of three or more sentences with related content, the same or similar structure and coherent tone. Parallelism can be composed of phrases or sentences. Parallelism can be used in the introduction, theory and conclusion of argumentative writing. In addition, parallelism can also be used in hypothetical sentences, causal sentences, conditional sentences, positive and negative contrast sentences and so on. Proper use of parallelism in argumentative writing can often increase literary talent.

Although Li Yu has a poetic talent for singing "When are the Spring Flowers and the Autumn Moon", he is bound by political incompetence and can only leave a legacy that "people grow up and hate water"; Although Qin Guan has the elegant taste of flirting, he is bound by the frustration of his official career and can only spend the rest of his life in depression; Although Guo Moruo has the lofty sentiments of "the wind is blowing-coming back", he is bound by the bumpy road of governing the country and can only leave regrets.

By using parallelism, this sentence fully proves his point of view-if you can't give full play to your strengths, it will be difficult to escape the shackles of weaknesses and fall into a sad abyss. This series of parallelism sentences is hearty, which makes the article concentrated, rhythmic, magnificent and spectacular.

Thirdly, use symmetry correctly to increase the aesthetic feeling of architectural language.

In argumentative writing, symmetrical sentences can be used for both reasoning and examples. Training students to use symmetrical sentences consciously can not only improve their ability to hone their language, but also exercise their ability to highly summarize examples. In addition, when writing an argumentative essay, consciously using symmetrical sentences in the process of argumentation can not only make the language of the article full of rhythm, but also make the article catchy, thus greatly increasing the vitality of the article. For example:

The green mountains are faint and the green waters are far away. I stand at the door of literature and see the pen and ink circulating in the door, which also outlines the charm of the cool breeze and the bright moon; Indus drizzle, red candle in the west window, I stood at the door of literature, I saw the deep sadness and long affection flowing in the door.

Fourth, quote famous sayings or idioms correctly, so that the language is both implicit and rich in cultural details.

Most famous epigrams are classic epigrams-some are very literary and full of philosophy. Cleverly quoting these famous aphorisms can add a lot of humanistic connotations to the article. The language of ancient literary works is often harmonious in phonology, concise and meaningful, and vivid in image, especially the famous sentences are elegant and literary. Proper use of them in discussion can enhance the expressive effect of argumentative language. For example:

At dusk, Yi Deng, like a bean and a book like a sail, sent me to the door of literature. The lean generation of Jieshi in the East, drinking near the river and writing poems, sang "Old horse riding, aiming for a thousand miles, martyrs in their twilight years, infinite courage" even though the years were dyed white. We still have to use our weak talents to leave a strong mark in extinction. Her sonorous or soft words splashed down in the long river of history, stirring up distant voices.

In short, argumentative writing should not only pay attention to strict logical relations, but also be rich in literary talent. Correct use of rhetoric can make argumentative writing no longer boring.

Q:

I admit that the use of rhetoric in argumentative writing can really add a lot of color to the text. What I want to know now is whether rhetoric can be used in the central argument.

Answer:

It can be used, but it should be used with caution. For example, exaggeration is prohibited; Metaphor, personification, etc.