目錄
Part 1 Manuscript Form
Ⅰ.Arrangement
Ⅱ.Capitalization
Ⅲ.Word DiⅥsion
Ⅳ.Punctuation
Part 2 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 3 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 4 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 5 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 6 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 7 Formal and Informal Styles
Ⅰ.The Meaning of Style
Ⅱ.Formal and Informal Styles
1.Grammatical Differences
2.Ⅴocabulary Differences
Part 8 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
Part 9 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 10 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.Square Brackets ( [ ] )
Ⅹ.The Dash ( — )
?.The Slash ( / )
?.Italics and Underlining
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