内容提要
由丁往道等编著的《英语写作手册》由北京外国语大学著名专家学者根据多年的教学和研究经验精心编写而成,自1984年推出以来,深受读者欢迎,多次重印,如今印数已超过百万册,并分别于1994年和1997年推出了修订版和中文版。《英语写作手册》(第三版)由原作者倾力修订,保留原书经典内容,并根据时代特点进行适度更新;新增了练习和参考答案,进一步强化学练并重的教学要求,是高校英语专业和非英语专业写作课程的优秀教材。
目录
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 (--)
XI. The Slash ( / )
XII. Italics and Underlining
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