PART ONE THE SENTENCE I. TYPES OF SENTENCES A. The Periodic Sentence B. The Short and Long Sentences 1. Using short sentences 2. Using long sentences 3. Alternating short and long sentences C. Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound—Complex Sentences 1. The Simple sentence 2. The compound sentence 3. The complex sentence 4. The compound—complex sentence II. COMMON ERRORS A. Run—on Sentences B. Fragmentary Sentences 1. dependent—word fragments 2. –ing and to fragments 3. added—detail fragments 4. missing—subject fragments C. Faulty Parallelism 1. Correcting faulty coordination 2. Making a series of parallels 3. Watching incorrect omissions 4. Comparisons using than or as D. Misplaced Modifiers E. dangling Modifiers III. SENTENCE VARIETY AND BREVITY A. Modifying Phrases B. Relative Pronouns C. Joining Sentences And Doing Away With Unnecessary Words D. Combining Short Sentences E. Sentence Variety Through Participle Phrases F. –ly Openers G. to Openers PART TWO THE PARAGRAPH I. PREWRITING A. Free—writing B. Questioning C. Listing and Grouping II. SIMPLE OUTLINING III. THE TOPIC SENTENCE Supporting Sentences IV. UNITY V. COHERENCE A. The Use of Pronouns B. The Repetition of Key Nouns And Key Word Groups C. Avoiding Pronoun Shifts D. Using Transitional Signals VI. ENDING A PARAGRAPH A. Restating the Main Idea B. Summarizing the Main Points C. Showing a Result D. Putting the Most Important Point Last E. Drawing an Inference VII. WAYS OF DEVELOPING A PARAGRAPH A. Time and Process B. Space C. Exemplification PART THREE PRECIS AND PRACTICAL WRITING I. PRECIS WRITING II. PRACTICAL WRITING A. Notes 1. Note of thanks 2. Messages 3. Invitations 4. Appointments 5. Apologies B. Letters 1. The format of the letter 2. Application for a job 3. Application for a college 4. Letters of invitation 5. Letters of thanks 6. Letters of complaints 7. Letters of congratulations C. Resume APPENDIX I USEFUL INFORMATION FOR WRITING A. Capitalization B. Punctuation C. Word Division APPENDIX II DICTIONARIES RECOMMENDED FOR LEARNERS OF ENGLISH WRITING 后記 英語(yǔ)寫作基礎(chǔ)自學(xué)考試大綱
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