How to write a caption format for an essay

The epigraph is the text written below the title of the essay and before the main text. In the essay cleverly set the inscription, can play the role of the outline, but also can prompt the content of the article, reveal the main idea of the article, stimulate the reader's interest in reading.

One, quote

Quoting famous quotes, maxims, proverbs or ready-made poems as the inscription, not only to make the article profound and meaningful, so that readers

feel from the author of the rich cultural heritage and good language cultivation.

A student's essay, "My Beautiful Nostalgia," cites a poem from Ai Qing's "I Love This Land" as its epigraph:

Why do my eyes often contain tears?

Because I love this land so much ......

This is used as the epigraph, which expresses the author's strong nostalgia for his hometown, and lets readers feel the tension of the author's emotion before they read the text.

Second, the explanation

With the help of the title of the article to explain the purpose of writing or writing background, so that readers can quickly enter the role.

A student wrote the inscription in the essay "Mother River" as follows:

This essay is dedicated to my beloved mother,

Dedicated to all the mothers in the world who have love and care.

The inscription sets the emotional tone for the entire text, sincerely expresses the love and gratitude to the mother, and moves the reader.

Three, interpretive

Borrowing the inscription, the title of the article for a specific interpretation of the connotation, so that readers have a clearer and more accurate grasp of its connotation.

For example, a candidate in Shaanxi wrote "Colorful Happiness" in 2000, and its inscription reads:

Life is like a flower, beautiful flowers;

Life is like a song, beautiful;

Life is like a wine, fragrant and mellow;

Life is like a poem, far-reaching;

Life is like a dream, splendid and colorful.

This inscription, beautiful, the author uses the Bo metaphor to explain the diversity of happiness, showing the author's rich emotions and solid language basic skills.

Four, eye-catching

Using the inscription to reveal the main idea of the article, in the title for the direction of the text, so that the reader of the article carries the thoughts and feelings have a clear

taste.

For example, in 2003, the Jilin candidates wrote "blood is thicker than water, reason is greater than love", and its inscription reads:

Like clouds, it often rains, and like an empty cave, there is often a wind.

Feelings are directly related to cognition, which often influences the determination of things.

What is the relationship between feelings and perception? The author with the help of the title to the image, apt description, not only for the whole of the content of the writing

defined the scope, but also cleverly point out the main theme of the article.

Fifth, suspenseful

With the title to create a suspenseful atmosphere to attract readers, inducing the reader's interest in reading.

For example, in 2002, a candidate in Hubei wrote "The Choice of Five Regrets", whose inscription reads:

Why is the fate of a rural schoolteacher so difficult? Can she survive a series of blows? What would have happened to her if she had made a different choice?

The author sets up three suspenseful questions in the title to inspire the reader to think and make him or her feel anxious to read the essay.

There are many different forms of essay captions, far more than the above. A well-designed title in the essay can make the essay a good addition.