英语写作基础教程

Contents

Part One Choice of Words 1
1 Styles of Words 1
2 Lexical Ambiguity 5
3 Accurate Words 9
4 Collocations 14
5 Denotation and Connotation 19
6 Vocabulary Building 24
7 English Idioms 30
8 Figures of Speech 34

Part Two Sentence Writing 43
9 Sentence Fundamentals 43
10 Writing Correctly (I) 50
11 Writing Correctly (II) 58
12 Sentence Unity 65
13 Sentence Conciseness 69
14 Sentence Emphasis 74
15 Sentence Variety 79
16 Useful Patterns 89

Part Three Paragraph Writing 101
17 Introduction to the Paragraph 101
18 Types of Paragraphs 104
19 Topic Sentence 110
20 Supporting and Concluding Sentences 117
21 Paragraph Unity 123
22 Paragraph Coherence 129
23 Paragraph Completeness 137
24 Paragraph Development 140

Part Four Essay Writing 151
25 Process of Writing 151
26 Structure of Essay 160
27 Argumentation 166
28 Exposition 175
29 Narration 184
30 Description 188

Part Five Practical Writing 193
31 Letter 193
32 Cover Letter and Resume 200
33 Note 206
34 Notice and Poster 209
35 Invitation 211
36 Advertisement 215

Appendix 1 Punctuation 219
Appendix 2 Mechanics 226
References 231