To write a good historical essay, we should try our best to come up with new topics, new viewpoints and new angles. The writing is fresh and smooth, which is both readable and enlightening. Specifically, we should pay attention to the following points:

(1). The proposition is realistic and small.

Proposition is to determine the object of writing and the problem to be solved. Middle school students may not know how to write a short history composition for the first time, but they should also put forward their own views, and never follow suit. Mainly based on the content of the textbook, select one aspect, compare with history and contact with real problems, and express your own views and opinions; We should choose the topics we are interested in, or the hot issues people care about, or see through the historical events and phenomena we perceive, so as to arouse our own views and opinions.

Determine a proposition that you are both interested in and capable of doing. Judging from historical figures, events and phenomena, the topic should be small rather than big, and it is not appropriate to use some gorgeous or empty topics. If the topic is too big, it is difficult to grasp the key points, not to go deep, and it is difficult to testify. On the contrary, if we can grasp an important small problem, grasp the key, go deep into the essence, and thoroughly and scientifically solve the difficulties and crux of the problem from all aspects, such a composition is also valuable. What we need is this scientific and realistic attitude.

(2). Selection of refining materials.

The unity of materials and viewpoints is the basic requirement for writing a short composition. The materials should be closely related to the work of the article and vivid. Only in this way can the article be attractive and fascinating.

First of all, according to the needs of the proposition, with questions, go to the library, archives, museums and periodical rooms to consult, make full use of the library as a treasure house of knowledge, and make yourself the master of materials. We can know the existing achievements in a certain research field through bibliography and index, consult the materials scattered in newspapers and periodicals according to the index, and collect and sort out as many relevant materials as possible through social surveys and other ways. Through the actual investigation, we can deeply understand the research object and obtain the most authentic, reliable and vivid first-hand materials.

Secondly, on the premise of serving the theme, we discuss, analyze and sort out the collected complex and chaotic materials, and select typical and convincing materials through induction, classification, combination, scientific analysis and analogy, so as to make them become evidence for analyzing and solving problems.

(3). Clever and profound conception

When we write a small historical composition, we should gradually form our own opinions on the basis of collecting and analyzing a large number of materials, so as to establish the main points of writing. Beginners who write small historical compositions should first establish the central argument of the full text, and then establish sub-arguments under the central argument. We should attach great importance to logic, from the superficial to the deep, so that theory and practice can be closely and concretely linked, and the content is rich but not loose. It makes people resonate ideologically after reading, thus convincing the truth expounded by the author. Once the central point of the article is established, it plays the role of commander-in-chief of the full text. The choice of materials, the choice of testimony methods and the arrangement of hierarchical paragraphs should be considered according to the needs of doing something. We should also pay attention to the combination of history and theory to avoid the separation of views and materials.

Drawing an outline is the key link in learning to write a composition. Outline is the design drawing of academic composition writing. With the outline, it can help us to establish the overall concept and consider as a whole: whether the status and role of each part are logically related; Whether the length of each part is commensurate with its position and role in the full text. But a simple outline only needs to summarize the main points of the composition, and generally does not involve how to unfold it.

(4). Write for details and for life.

The text structure of historical prose needs four elements: argument, argument, argument and conclusion. Argument is a specific viewpoint elaborated in the composition, which is equivalent to the subtitle of the article; Arguments serve arguments, which are generally explained by historical facts or the author's own arguments; Argumentative essay uses theory to explain the topic, which can be quoted or self-expounded; The conclusion is a brief summary or summary of the full text. The text is between 150 and 200 words. A good composition must be:

The argument is clear, novel and creative.

(2) The argument is completely true and just right.

(3) The argument is strong. It is necessary to make bold assumptions, carefully verify, scientifically and accurately, and logically prove.

(4) according to the right. It can rise from perceptual knowledge to rational knowledge, grasp the essence, give people profound enlightenment and has high humanistic value.

⑤ Language style should have the general characteristics of historiography. Literature should not be hazy and romantic, but be true and accurate, and pay attention to rationality and appeal. The article comes straight to the point, concise and concise, "more meaning, less words"; Choose words and make sentences meticulously, so that the words are fresh, concise and accurate, which makes people feel ups and downs.

⑥ Before writing the text, you should draw up an outline and make a good layout. Based on materials and viewpoints, scientifically arrange the level and layout of the article, with detailed content and rigorous conception.