PART 1 Essay Writing 短文写作

1.An Introduction to Writing

Point and Support

Structure of the Traditional Essay

Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay

Writing as a Skill

Writing as a Process of Discovery

Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others

Keeping a Journal

Review Activities

UsingThisText

2.The Writing Process

Prewriting

Writing a First Draft

Revising

Editing

Review Activities

3.The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing

Step 1： Begin with a Point， or Thesis

Step 2： Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence

Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis

4.The Third Step in Essay Writing

Step 3： Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence

Introductions， Conclusions， and Titles

Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence

5.The Fourth Step in Essay Writing

Revising Sentences

Editing Sentences

Practice in Revising Sentences

6.Four Bases for Revising Essays

Base 1： Unity

Base 2： Support

Base 3： Coherence

Base 4： Sentence Skills

Practice in Using the Four Bases

PART 2 Patterns of Essay Development 短文的分类和写作手法

7.Introduction to Essay Development

Important Considerations in Essay Development

Patterns of Essay Development

8.Description

READING Lou’s Place by Beth Johnson

9.Narration

READING The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill

10.Exemplification

READING Dad by Andrew H.Malcolm

11.Process

READING How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis

12.Cause and/or Effect

READING Taming theAnger Monster by Anne Davidson

13.Comparison and/or Contrast

READING Born to Be Different？ by Camille Lewis

14.Definition

READING Television Addiction by Marie Winn

15.Division-Classification

READING WaitDivisions by Tom Bodett

16.Argument

READING Ban the Things.Ban Them All.by Molly Ivins

PART 3 Academic Writing 学术写作

17.Writing a Summary

How to Summarize an Article

How to Summarize a Book

18.Writing a Report

A Model Report

19.Writing a Research Paper

A Model Paper

PART 4 Handbook of Sentence Skills 句子写作技巧指南

SECTION I Grammar

20.Fragments

Dependent-Word Fragments

-ing and to Fragments

Added-Detail Fragments

Missing-Subject Fragments

21.Run-Ons

What Are Run-Ons？

Three Ways to Correct Run-Ons

22.Misplaced Modifiers

23.Dangling Modifiers

SECTION Ⅱ Mechanics

24.Manuscript Form

25.Capital Letters

Main Uses of Capital Letters

Other Uses of Capital Letters

Unnecessary Use of Capitals

26.Numbers and Abbreviations

Numbers

Abbreviations

SECTION Ⅲ Punctuation

27.Apostrophe

Apostrophe in Contractions

Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession

28.Quotation Marks

Quotation Marks to Set Off the Words of a Speaker or Writer

Quotation Marks to Set Off Titles of Short Works

Other Uses of Quotation Marks

29.Comma

Six Main Uses of the Comma

30.Other Punctuation Marks

Colon（：）

Semicolon（；）

Dash（—）

Parentheses（）

Hyphen（-）

SECTION Ⅳ Effective Word Choice

31.Effective Word Choice

Slang

Clichés

Pretentious Words

PART 5 Readings for Writers 以阅读带动写作

Introduction to the Readings

The Format of Each Selection

How to Read Well： Four General Steps

How to Answer the Comprehension Questions： Specific Hints

Looking Inward

fom Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson

Three Passions Bertrand Russell

Shame Dick Gregory

I Became Her Target Roger Wilkins

Stepping into the Light Tanya Savory

A Hanging George Orwell

What Your Closet Reveals about You Amy Tan

Observing Others

The Professor Is a Dropout Beth Johnson

The Certainty of Fear Audra Kendall

What’s Wrong with Schools？ Teacher Plays Student，Learns to Lie and Cheat Casey Banas

Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising Ann McClintock

Confronting Problems

Chief Seattle’s Speech of 1854 Chief Seattle

Single-Sex Schools： An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come Diane Urbina

Here’s to Your Health Joan Dunayer

How to Make It in College， Now That You’re Here Brian O’Keeney

College Lectures： Is Anybody Listening？ David Daniels

Reading Comprehension Chart

Credits