How to effectively practice logical thinking in English writing

Logical thinking in writing is a general ability, if your logical thinking in Chinese writing is strong, the logical thinking of English writing will naturally not be in the question, the difference is only the level of English itself. Since this question is only about the logical thinking of English writing, the following assumes that the questioner's English proficiency is able to write at least the most basic level, and based on this premise, analyze how to write an English essay logically. <>

First of all, the logic of thinking must be based on your clear understanding of a thing, if you don't have a clear understanding of things, how can you talk about logic? So when writing an English essay, you first have to be clear about what kind of thing you want to write about. Narrative or Discussion**?

What is the main body of the article? In this way, the goal of writing is clear.

Once you have a clear goal, describe and clarify your thoughts through a series of words. In this process, on the one hand, we should pay attention to the order of narration, on the other hand, we should pay attention to the cause and effect of things, and finally we should pay attention to the classification of things. <>

Priority may involve logical relationships such as time and space. For example, the process of a person's growth must be in the order of kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, high school, and university, and if it is written in reverse, it will make people feel confused. Causality gives legitimacy to the content of the article, such as "I ate five bowls in one meal, so I survived to death".

And the classification of things makes the text more structured and easy to understand. One of the tricks in English writing is to try not to use repetitive words to emphasize something, but to emphasize it in a way that synonyms are used side by side, such as Chinese"You're really, really beautiful"In English, it would be strange to repeat the word "really" several times, but if you use beautiful, charming, and gorgeous words to describe it side by side, it not only avoids repetition, but also plays a role in strengthening the tone. <>

Words are the embodiment of thinking, if you are a person with strong logical thinking, in fact, you don't need to be too deliberate to write very logical words, but if you usually think out of logical confusion, you need to carry out special structured thinking exercises. ‍‍

The logical thinking of writing cover rolls actually reflects the logic of your thinking, and the logical basis of your thinking lies in your clear understanding of a thing. This clear understanding is mainly reflected in three points:1

Similarity and differences. When discussing an event, are there differences between several points of view, or can they be similar and combined? For example, appearance and personality are different, and in terms of human characteristics, temper and personality are actually similar, but they are different and can be combined.

When describing an event, if there is a big difference in the information, it is not logical thinking. For example, if you describe a person's appearance and suddenly say that he has a bad temper, it is illogical. If there is duplication of information, it is also not logical.

For example, "She's beautiful, she has big eyes, she's very beautiful, she attracts a lot of people," and the phrase repeats itself. 2.The chronological order in which things happen.

Generally speaking, we describe things in a precedent of habits, such as childhood, elementary school, middle school, college, adulthood, etc. 3.Cause and effect relationship.

There may be a causal relationship, a juxtaposition, or a turning point between different things. The following is an example: I read books, I can increase knowledge (cause and effect) I read books on management, I can increase the knowledge of the management team, and I can also increase the knowledge of management projects (juxtaposition) I read, but a lot of knowledge in reality I don't know how to use **fold relationship) When you go to understand a thing, or read an article, you have to have the above awareness to sort out the information you receive.

For example, Jack Ma's success has a lot to do with his business acumen and personal persistence. He ranked second on China's wealth list in 2016 and is a very successful businessman in China.

His Internet company was very successful and rich enough to rival the rest of the country. He used to be just a very poor teacher. At first, many people think that it is impossible to succeed in the Internet, and that the Internet is all about sharing information, so how can it be possible to make money?

During the 2001 U.S. dot-com bubble**, it was difficult to raise funds, and the company was on the verge of collapse. In the end, he kept insisting that the company was funded and survived. He found that online shopping is prevalent in the United States, and that consumers in China are also receptive to online shopping.

His company stood out from the competition and saw a rapid increase in revenue. He works very hard himself, and he has heard that it is common for employees to work overtime until 11 o'clock at night. The company did a lot of work in a very small situation, and finally succeeded.

Many of us will not have much problem reading this passage, and we will probably know the message conveyed in it. However, from an essay point of view, there are a lot of problems with this passage. If translated into English, the reader will basically not be able to understand it.

Let's revisit this passage. <>

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