《英语写作 遣词·造句·组段》

Part One The Sentence1

Chapter One Sentence Sense1

Elements of a Sentence1

Kinds of Sentences2

General Idea About Coordination and Subordination5

Chapter Two Effective Sentences11

Unity11

Coherence13

Shifts14

Reference of Pronouns19

Emphasis21

Variety24

Chapter Three Sentence Skills35

Sentence Fragments35

Fused Sentences and Comma Splices40

Subject-Verb Agreement45

Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers49

Faulty Parallelism52

Part Two Diction75

Chapter Four Appropriateness75

Levels of Words75

Styles76

Consistency83

Chapter Five Exactness88

Denotation and Connotation88

General and Specific，Abstract and Concrete Words90

Effective Word Choice93

Idioms98

Chapter Six Dictionaries104

Dictionary Use104

Some Good Dictionaries113

Part Three The Paragraph115

Chapter Seven Introduction to the Paragraph115

What Is a Paragraph115

The Form of a Paragraph116

Guidelines for Writing Basic Paragraphs116

The Importance to Learn to Write Paragraphs117

Chapter Eight Unity119

What Is Unity119

How to Make a Paragraph Unified121

Basic Principles of Paragraph Unity：a Summary124

Chapter Nine Coherence131

What Is Coherence131

How to Make a Paragraph Coherent133

How to Make a Paragraph Complete149

What Does Completeness Mean149

Chapter Ten Completeness149

Chapter Eleven Patterns of Development155

Classification156

Comparison and Contrast156

Process157

Cause and Effect158

Definition159

Manuscript Form163

Chapter Twelve Mechanics163

Part Four Mechanics and Punctuation163

Italics164

Syllabification166

Capitalization167

Abbreviations171

Numbers172

Chapter Thirteen Punctuation178

The Period(.)178

The Comma(，)179

The Semicolon(；)184

The Colon(：)185

The Question Mark(？)186

The Exclamation Point(!)187

Quotation Marks(“”)187

The Apostrophe(')189

Key to the Exercises195

Glossary214

Bibliography218