《大学生研究生英语写作》

CONTENTS1

CHAPTER ONE DICTION1

Section Ⅰ BASIC PRINCIPLES IN USING WORDS1

Section Ⅱ PARTS OF SPEECH31

CHAPTER TWO THE SENTENCE42

Section Ⅰ TYPES OF SENTENCES42

Section Ⅱ SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT46

Section Ⅲ SENTENCE FRAGMENTS48

Section Ⅳ RUN-ON SENTENCES51

Section Ⅴ CONFUSING SHIFTS54

Section Ⅵ MISPLACED MODIFIERS56

Section Ⅶ DANGLING MODIFIERS59

Section Ⅷ PRONOUN AGREEMENT AND PRONOUN REFERENCE62

Section Ⅸ PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION65

Section Ⅹ MIXED CONSTRUCTION68

Section Ⅺ INCOMPLETE CONSTRUCTION70

Section Ⅻ CHINESE-ENGLISH MISTAKES72

Section ⅩⅢ MAKING SFNTENCES CONCISE84

Section ⅪⅤ OTHER MISTAKES IN SENTENCE WRITING87

CHAPTER THREE THE PARAGRAPH91

Scetion Ⅰ BASIC ELEMENTS OF A PARAGRAPH91

Section Ⅱ THE TOPIC SENTENCE93

Section Ⅲ UNITY102

Section Ⅳ COHERENCE110

Section Ⅴ TRANSITION SIGNALS116

Section Ⅵ RICHNESS123

CHAPTER FOUR THE ESSAY129

Section Ⅰ WHAT IS AN ESSAY?129

Section Ⅱ STEPS IN WRITING AN ESSAY137

Section Ⅲ TYPES OF WRITING146

CHAPTER FIVE LETTER WRITING173

Section Ⅰ INTRODUCTION173

Section Ⅱ LETTER LAY-OUT174

Section Ⅲ THE ENVELOPE181

Section Ⅳ PERSONAL LETTERS184

Section Ⅴ BUSINESS LETTERS188

CHAPTER SIX TECHNICAL WRITING200

Section Ⅰ INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING200

Section Ⅱ LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TECHNICAL WRITING202

Section Ⅲ TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS207

Section Ⅳ WRITING INSTRUCTIONS210

Section Ⅴ INTERPRETATION OF DATA212

CHAPTER SEVEN SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES GLOSSARY254