目錄
Part One Manuscript Form
Ⅰ. Arrangement
Ⅱ. Capitalization
Ⅲ. Word Division
Ⅳ. Punctuation
Ⅴ. Handwriting
Part Two Diction
Ⅰ. Levels of Words
Ⅱ. The Meaning of Words
Ⅲ. General and Specific Words
Ⅳ. Idioms
Ⅴ. Figures of Speech
1. Simile
2. Metaphor
3. Personification
4. Metonymy
5. Synecdoche
6. Euphemism
7. Irony
8. Overstatement and Understatement
9. Transferred Epithet
10. Oxymoron
11. Alliteration
Ⅵ. Dictionaries
1. Using Dictionaries
2. Some Good Dictionaries
Part Three The Sentence
Ⅰ. Complete Sentences and Sentence Fragments.
Ⅱ. Types of Sentences
1. Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamatory Sentences
2. Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences.
3. Loose, Periodic, and Balanced Sentences
4. Short and Long Sentences
Ⅲ. Effective Sentences
1. Unity
2. Coherence
3. Conciseness
4. Emphasis
5. Variety
Part Four The Paragraph
Ⅰ. Criteria of an Effective Paragraph
1. Unity
2. Coherence
3. Transition
Ⅱ. Steps in Writing a Paragraph
Ⅲ. Ways of Developing Paragraphs
1. Development by Time
2. Development by Process
3. Development by Space
4. Development by Example or Generalization
5. Development by Comparison and Contrast
6. Development by Cause and Effect
7. Development by Classification
8. Development by Definition
9. Development by a Combination of Methods
Part Five The Whole Composition
Ⅰ. Criteria of a Good Composition
Ⅱ. Steps in Writing a Composition
1. Planning a Composition
2. Writing the First Draft
3. Revising the First Draft
4. Making the Final Copy
Ⅲ. Three Main Parts of a Composition
1. The Beginning
2. The Middle
3. The End
Ⅳ. Types of Writing
1. Description
2. Narration
3. Exposition
4. Argumentation
Part Six The Summary and Book Report
Ⅰ. The Summary
1. Uses of Summary Writing
2. Procedure
Ⅱ. The Book Report
1. Three Main Parts of a Book Report
2. Writing of the Book Report
Part Seven Formal and Informal Styles
Ⅰ. The Meaning of Style
Ⅱ. Formal and Informal Styles
1. Grammatical Differences
2. Vocabulary Differences
Part Eight The Research Paper
Ⅰ. Purpose
Ⅱ. Process
1. Choosing a Topic
2. Collecting Information
3. Analyzing the Information, Organizing Ideas and Working Out an Outline.
4. Writing the First Draft
5. Revising the Draft and Finalizing the Paper
Ⅲ. Format
1. The Structure of a Paper
2. Use of Quotations
3. Use of Notes
4. Works Cited
Ⅳ. A Sample Research Paper
Part Nine Practical Writing
Ⅰ. Notices
Ⅱ. Greetings, Good Wishes, Congratulations and Condolences
1. Greetings
2. Good Wishes and Congratulations
3. Condolences
Ⅲ. Formal Invitations
Ⅳ. Notes
1. Messages
2. Arrangements
3. Requests
4. Apologies
5. Thanks
6. Informal Invitations
Ⅴ. E-mails
Ⅵ. Letters
1. Parts of a Letter
2. Language
3. Address on an Envelope
4. Business Letters and Personal Letters
VⅡ. Curriculum Vitae
Part Ten Punctuation
Ⅰ. The Comma(,)
Ⅱ. The Period (.)
Ⅲ. The Semicolon ( ; )
Ⅳ. The Colon ( : )
Ⅴ. The Question Mark ( ? )
Ⅵ. The Exclamation Mark ( ! )
Ⅶ. Quotation Marks ( / ' ' )
Ⅷ. Parentheses ( ( ) )
Ⅸ. Brackets ( [ ] )
Ⅹ. The Dash (--)
?. The Slash ( / )
?. Italics and Underlining
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