Meaning and function of title

The meaning and function of the title are as follows:

Title meaning: generally divided into literal meaning and deep meaning. The deep meaning is related to the center of the article. Trying to figure out the meaning of the topic needs to start with the surface meaning and the deep meaning. The superficial meaning refers to: the literal meaning of the title and the content of the text; Deep meaning refers to extended meaning, figurative meaning and symbolic meaning. The deep meaning needs to contact the central answer of the article.

The role of the title of the article, summed up in the title of the article, has the following functions:

1. The clue that runs through the whole text, the title itself is the clue of writing, such as "Hui".

2. Indicate the writing object, some articles with people or things as the title, and the people or things referred to in the title are the writing objects of the articles. For example, Mr Fujino, Deng Jiaxian.

3. reflect the main content, many topics are summaries of the things described in the article. Grasping such a topic also captures the central event of the article. For example, The Outline of Taking a Birth by Intelligence, The Last Lesson, Walking, etc.

4. reveal (reveal, point out) the main idea, and you can probably guess the main idea of this article through the title. For example, Bing Xin's Mother Lotus Leaf, although we don't know the content, we already know it in our hearts, and it must be a celebration of maternal love.

5. Show the character and quality of the character … and the author's emotion and attitude … Some people's articles have already told us the character and image of the character.

For example, Helen Keller's The Man Who Reshaped Life. This paper describes the process of Sullivan's teaching me to read and understand various things, praises Sullivan's superb educational art, and expresses sincere praise and thanks to Sullivan. Before reading the article, just look at the title and you will know that the person who helped me rebuild my life, that is, Mr. Sullivan, must be a person who has a great influence on me. So this title shows the characters well.

6. Rhetoric (or other usage) is a pun, and the title is more distinctive. Some people will use metaphors (vividly written …) and puns (both referring to … and …).

For example, mother's lotus leaves, father's flowers fall. "Mother Lotus Leaf" uses figurative rhetoric. The author compares her mother to a lotus leaf and herself to a red lotus, praising her care and love for her children and her great maternal love. "Daddy's Flowers Fall" is a pun. The title refers to both the withering of oleander and the death of his father.

7. Set suspense to attract readers, the title is exaggerated, appetizing and attracting readers. For example, the lion and the mosquito are one of the four fables. This fable tells the story that mosquitoes beat the powerful lion, but eventually became the captives of spiders, satirizing those who get carried away and ignore their own shortcomings.

Just seeing this title makes people think, what will happen to lions and mosquitoes? How can they be related? So this title has aroused readers' interest in reading.