《美國大學英語寫作》是美國大學的經典寫作教材English Skills with Readings第九版的英文影印版，是作者20多年英語寫作教學經驗的總結，全書實例豐富，講練結合，另提供練習題參考答案手冊，既適合課堂教學，也方便讀者自學。 全書主體共分為五個部分：1.有效寫作的基本原則；2.段落寫作手法；3.短文寫作手法；4.句子寫作技巧；5.以閱讀帶動寫作。附錄總結了英語學習者容易出錯的用詞規則，提供句子寫作技巧水平測試等。
作者介紹
(美)約翰·蘭甘//佐伊·奧爾布賴特
目錄
PART 1 Fundamentals of Effective Writing 有效寫作的基本原則 1. An Introduction to Writing 2. The Four Bases and the Writing Process 3. The First and Second Steps in Writing 4. The Third Step in Writing 5. The Fourth Step in Writing 6. Four Bases for Revising Writing 7. Writing in the Digital Age PART 2 Paragraph Development 段落寫作 8. Exemplification 9. Process 10. Cause and/or Effect 11. Comparison and/or Contrast 12. Definition 13. Division-Classification 14. Description 15. Narration 16. Argument Part 3 Essay Development 短文寫作 17. Writing the Essay Part 4 Handbook of Sentence Skills 句子寫作技巧指南 Section I Grammar 18. Subjects and Verbs 19. Sentence Sense 20. Fragments 21. Run-Ons 22. Regular and Irregular Verbs 23. Standard English Verbs 24. Subject-Verb Agreement 25. Pronoun Agreement and Reference 26. Pronoun Types 27. Adjectives and Adverbs 28. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Section II Mechanics 29. Paper Format 30. Capital Letters 31. Numbers and Abbreviations Section III Punctuation 32. Apostrophe 33. Quotation Marks 34. Commas 35. Other Punctuation Marks Section IV Word Use 36. Using the Dictionary 37. Improving Spelling 38. Vocabulary Development
39. Commonly Confused Words 40. Effective Word Choice Section V Practice 41. Editing Tests Part 5 Reading for Writers 以閱讀帶動寫作 Introduction to the Readings Goals and Values Education and Self-improvement Human Groups and Society Appendixes 附錄 A. ESL Pointers B. Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test C. Sentence-Skills Achievement Test Credits
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