The secret to earning plus points for literary essays

The literary essay question in the high school graduation exam in Literature accounted for 5.0 points, of which the creative part was 0.5 points.

Creative elements in high school students’ writing are ideas, ideas, ways of posing problems, and explaining problems that are discovery, unique, new, and have a certain meaning about them. ideology and aesthetics.

To write creatively and attract readers, students must know how to put literary theory into their essays. Literary theory can be included in the introduction, body, and conclusion. The introductory part serves as the basis for the thesis; the body of the essay makes the point clear; The conclusion reaffirms the point.

Attention should be paid to the use of theoretical knowledge appropriate to the subject to be clarified. For example, in relation to poetry, it is necessary to understand clearly the characteristics of poetry – words, images. With prose works as details of art, narrative language… Besides, it is necessary to memorize some statements about literary works as evidence.

Put literary theoretical knowledge into the essay at a moderate level (put about three statements and proofs), avoid using too much, which is both time consuming and boring for the reader.

Example 1how to write the introduction and conclusion for the work “Viet Bac” (To Huu).

Opening: Poet To Huu once confided: ‘My language can only be understood among close friends. Those are my love poems, written in my own way… I love my country, my people, and I talk about them as a lover…’ (later leading into the work).

Conclusion: Hemingway once said: “All works of art have its own immortality. Because it is the sustainable product of human labor and intelligence. Tomorrow the images may disappear. , temples can collapse, only true literary works can overcome the corrupting laws of time to last forever” (then enhance the work).

Example 2put literary theory knowledge into a specific topic.

Feeling the excerpt: “Whoever comes back from afar, has a job to go to the house of governor Pa Tra often to see a daughter sitting spinning hemp by the rock, in front of the door, next to the horse train… I just walked out, that is, some people came over, put a shirt in my mouth, then blindfolded me and carried me away” (Excerpt from “A Phu couple”, To Hoai). Since then, comments on humanitarian values ​​are expressed by the writer through the work.

This passage has details about My working space: “by the rock in front of the door, next to the horse train”.

Students lead, when discussing short stories, we cannot ignore the role of art space. MB Khrapchenco once said: “One of the signs of a writer’s artistic style is how to organize and build an artistic space in his work”. That shows us that in literary works in general and short stories in particular, artistic space has a very important meaning.

The artistic space in the excerpt “A Phu couple” was built very specifically by To Hoai. I work in the space “by the rock”, “next to the horse ship” showing the loneliness of the character next to inanimate objects and the humid, smelly and unhygienic environment.

Or when discussing the humanitarian value of the work, students can quote the Russian writer Shekhov saying: “A true artist must be a humanitarian from the core”. In the work “A Phu couple”, To Hoai denounced and exposed the crimes of the ruling class, that is, the family of the ruler Pa Tra trampled on the right to life of Me and A Phu.

Besides, the work also focuses on praising and praising the best qualities of Me and A Phu. In the end, the writer had sympathy and understanding of the emotional feelings as well as the aspirations and dreams of My and A Phu, helping them to voice their wishes and fight to win that wish.

To write a creative essay, students must first ensure the structure of the argumentative essay. Next is to correctly identify the problem to be discussed (avoid writing off topic) and finally to develop the proposed problem into arguments. If a student makes a lot of misspellings, their grammar will also be deducted.

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