— A Perfect Essay Is Just Like This—New Thinking in Essay Writing

Author: Huang Yufeng
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Previously, due to the subjective nature of essays, it was difficult to judge them as absolutely flawless. As a result, it seemed like a fixed rule that Gaokao essays had never received perfect scores year after year. However, suddenly, a southern province that pioneered China's reforms broke this tradition and boldly presented a perfect-score essay. This caused a stir nationwide. This book selects representative perfect-score essays from various regions in recent years, analyzes and comments on them one by one, and divides them into five sections.
Section "Flaws and Still Perfect": After reading this section, you might think, "Such an essay deserves a perfect score—maybe I'll accidentally get one too!"
Section "A Spark Can Make It Perfect": Most of the essays in this section are truly outstanding. However, for some reason, they missed out on perfect scores.
Section "Highlighting Strengths for a Guaranteed Perfect": Careful readers will easily notice some "secrets" to achieving a perfect score in this section.
Section "Ambiguous Potential, Striving for a Perfect Score": This section reminds examinees which essays are "clever" and which might be overlooked. This way, they can "avoid pitfalls" and strive for high or even perfect scores.
Section "Imitations by Renowned Writers, Not Always Perfect": These are essays written by seasoned writers as mock Gaokao compositions. Theoretically, they should all be perfect, but in practice, they vary greatly. This book helps you understand the essence of perfect-score essays. The original critiques are brilliant and insightful, the revised critiques are exquisite and unique, and the comments are profound and detailed. Through the analysis of Gaokao perfect-score essays, from the original critiques to the revised critiques, you can pave your way to high essay scores.