《实践英语写作技巧与训练》

Contents1

Chapter One Punctuation1

Ⅰ Punctuating compound sentences3

Ⅱ Punctuating series6

Ⅲ Punctuating introductory clauses and phrases9

Ⅳ Punctuating parenthetical elements12

Ⅴ Punctuating with the apostrophe16

Ⅵ Punctuating direct quotations19

Ⅰ Sentence-writing practice22

Chapter Two Sentence Writing22

Ⅱ Dimensions and properties25

Ⅲ Impersonal statements32

Ⅳ Definitions40

Ⅴ Making correct and clear sentences46

Chapter Three Topic Sentences53

Ⅰ Topic sentene at the beginning54

Ⅱ Topic sentence in the middle54

Ⅲ Topic sentence at the end55

Ⅳ Topic sentence implied55

Ⅴ Topic sentence both at the beginning and at the end56

Ⅰ Functions of transitions67

Chapter Four Transitions67

Ⅱ Categories of transitions72

Ⅲ Different kinds of transitions75

Chapter Five Paragraph Writing88

Ⅰ What is a paragraph?88

Ⅱ Constituent parts of a paragraph90

Ⅲ Principles in building a paragraph92

Chapter Six Description103

Ⅰ De scribing a process103

Ⅱ Describing a place122

Ⅰ The form of a letter134

Chapter Seven Letter Writing134

Ⅱ Addressing an envelope141

Ⅲ The language for letter writing142

Ⅳ Models143

Chapter Eight Essay Writing154

Ⅰ Three main constituent parts of an essay154

Ⅱ Most useful patterns of essay writing173

Chapter Nine Summary Writing181

Ⅰ Some techniques for writing a summary181

Ⅱ Models and exercises for paragraph-summaries182

Ⅲ Models and exercises for passage summaries189

Notes in Chinese and key to exercises223