Writing for exams is also a race against time. According to a survey of some candidates in the middle school attached to the National People's Congress, the average writing time of candidates is only about 40 minutes. It is not easy to finish a composition of nearly a thousand words in such a short time! For some candidates, if you don't start writing slowly as usual, then you can't guarantee to finish your composition in time, even if you have good articles in your stomach, what's the use?

To prepare for writing, we must race against time, "write a thousand words, rely on horses, etc." On the premise of correct examination, we should write quickly, and time does not allow us to think about how to start before writing. Therefore, it is very necessary to learn some good starting methods in order to quickly choose the best one for the exam.

What kind of start is a good start?

Qiao Mengfu said that the beginning of the article should be like a "phoenix head". This sentence vividly States two characteristics that a good beginning should have-short and beautiful. Short, so that readers can understand the argument or topic, so as to grasp the main idea of the full text; Beautiful, can attract readers. As Xie Zhen in the Ming Dynasty said, "At the beginning of a sentence, it sounds like firecrackers." How crisp and neat firecrackers are! Don't procrastinate, procrastinate. Firecrackers are very attractive, attracting people's attention at once, and a good article should start like this.

So, what are the criteria for a good start?

First of all, be clear.

A good beginning, let the reader know what you want to say at once, that is, let the reader know your argument or topic. Bai Juyi said that "the first sentence is aimed at its purpose", and he advocated making the beginning clear. Li Tu said in "The Essentials of Articles": "In a word, it is best to start with a word." In short, let readers know what you are talking about and know its purpose from the beginning.

Second, be beautiful.

Only beauty can attract readers. The beauty at the beginning of the article mainly refers to the beauty of skills, such as setting suspense, using allusions, quoting famous sayings, asking questions, highlighting goals and rebounding. Formal beauty is the guarantee of content beauty, and the two complement each other. Never underestimate the formal beauty and skill at the beginning of an article. With this kind of beauty, you can take the lead and attract people to read your article. In this sense, "a good beginning is half the battle."

Third, simplicity.

Simplicity is the guarantee of clarity. Some candidates are too wordy to retell the raw materials when writing compositions for the materials. What should I do if I start with raw materials and can't repeat them? There are two ways: one is to "summarize" raw materials; The other is to select representative sentences from raw materials to let readers know what raw materials generally mean, and never quote more raw materials.