Writing a good ending is one of the common difficulties for middle school students in composition. As the saying goes: "Weaving baskets is all about closing the mouth." The ending is the end of the article, and its significance is extraordinary. Li Yu, a native of the Qing Dynasty, once said that the quality of an article depends entirely on its tail. Although this statement is a bit extreme, if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. If the ending of an article is shoddy, no matter how wonderful the previous content is, it will inevitably be ridiculed as "anticlimactic", leaving people with endless regrets. The ancients said: "A good ending is like chewing dried fruits or tasting fragrant tea, which makes people think about it again and again." It can be seen that the quality of the ending of the article directly affects the expression of the entire article.
1. Conclude with a scene
For narratives and lyrical prose, if you want to make the end of the article rich with lasting appeal, you can end with a scene. We can make full use of the indirectness, association and suggestiveness of scenery in expressing expressions, so that the article can achieve the effect of saying everything and having endless meanings. Shen Yifu of the Song Dynasty mentioned in "Yuefu Zhimi": "The conclusion needs to be open and contain endless meaning, and it is best to end with a scene." For example, a 2008 Shanghai article titled "Them" An excellent essay for the College Entrance Examination. The author describes a group of urban waste pickers and warmly praises their charisma despite their humble profession but not inferiority complex, hard life but never retreat. They have self-esteem, backbone and love, and use their own hands to support their own piece of the sky. . At the end of the article, the author concludes with the scene:
Under the setting sun, their figures seemed to be plated with a layer of gold, and the cans in the bags collided with each other to produce a pleasant melody. Their figures were drawn very long by the afterglow, very straight...
This ending creates a beautiful scene to enhance the atmosphere and emotions. The picture is very strong and creates a distant feeling. The artistic conception makes the image of the waste pickers appear taller, and it also implicitly and euphemistically presents the author's respect for the waste pickers, hinting at the main purpose of the article. Achieved very good artistic results.
2. Conclude with a question
For argumentative essays, it is a more efficient method to end with a parallel question. This method is convenient for refining and sublimating ideas. More importantly, the sentence structure of the question can also make the reader think about it and cause the reader to think for a long time, so that the reader's thoughts are still disconnected after closing the book. For example: In an excellent college entrance examination essay in Fujian Province in 2008 titled "Colorful Achievement of Harmony", the author fully discussed the point of view of "harmony without diversity" by exploring and expanding the test question materials, and then designed the ending as Two sets of questions:
——Colorful colors,
——Why? ——Colorful achieves harmony!
This ending uses questions and answers to express your views more fully and your attitude more clearly.
In addition, if the end of the article can be properly designed as a question or rhetorical question, it may also produce a lingering effect, leaving the words fully understood and making people chew on them.
3. Quote to conclude
Quoting lyrics is also a skillful and efficient way to end. If used properly, its incisiveness and appropriateness will have the effect of one to ten. By analogy, quoting poems and aphorisms also have the same effect. They can greatly enhance the literary grace of the article, arouse readers' excitement and association, and make the article full of words and endless meaning. For example: "Don't say 'no' easily", an excellent essay for the college entrance examination in Guangdong Province in 2008. The article fully demonstrated the argument of "don't say 'no' easily' by listing typical examples and quoting famous quotes and poems." The lyrics from a song end the article:
The lyrics not only appropriately express the argument of the article, but also bring us into the realm it depicts, allowing us to enrich our imagination after reading it. , reverie again and again, also achieves the effect of rich aftertaste.
It should be pointed out that this ending method of quoting can be used in various literary styles. It can respond to the center of the article concisely and incisively and sublimate the idea of ??the article. However, you must pay attention to quoting it appropriately and appropriately, and avoid blindly applying it for the sake of citation. In addition, the length of the quotation must be strictly controlled. It can produce an effect and explain the problem. It should not be too long.
4. End with an unexpected plot.
For the genre of short novels, you can set up an unexpected plot at the end to create the aftertaste of the article and make readers think. Jiang Kui mentioned in "Baishi Taoist Poems" that "the ending of the chapter is unexpected, or the meaning of the ending is contrary to the ending, both are wonderful." This is what he meant. For example, there is a short novel titled "Marriage Proposal" in which the protagonist, Director Zhao, lost his wife in middle age. He has published marriage advertisements in newspapers several times to find young and beautiful women, but has never heard from him. After the last announcement appeared in the newspaper, application letters came like snow flakes. The applicants were all young and beautiful women, and many of them were accompanied by colorful photos, all of which were in the shape of affectionate faces. Director Zhao was very happy and looked at the applicants one by one in order to select the best for "admission". At this time, the little novel came to an unexpected ending:
A few days later, the newspaper office sent a note. Zhao was deeply puzzled, so he unsealed it and read the following text: Mr. Zhao, due to a proofreading error, your marriage notice was published a few days ago. Your age was mistakenly 53 years old for 83 years old. I hereby apologize. This newspaper has recently corrected it.
This unexpected ending not only solves all the previous baggage and suspense, but also makes people laugh out loud and can’t help but think deeply about why Director Zhao is looking for a young and beautiful woman. Women continue to have sex, and why are young and beautiful women eager to apply for the job because Director Zhao is 83 years old? The charm is thought-provoking and thought-provoking, and the ending also achieves the artistic effect of being both exhaustive and meaningful.
Of course, in addition to the above-mentioned methods, there are actually many ending methods that can achieve a memorable effect. However, the above-mentioned ones are more relevant to middle school students, suitable for us to learn from, and help everyone effectively Improve your finishing ability. I hope everyone can take this as a lesson and open up their own thinking instead of following suit.