大学生研究生英语写作指导PDF电子书下载

PART ONE THE WORD 1

Ⅰ.Appropriateness and Exactness 1

A..Appropriateness 1

1.Standard and nonstandard English 1

2.Usage Labels 2

3.Formal,Informal,and General Written English 3

4.Four Types of Words 6

B.Exactness 8

1.Spedificity 8

2.Denotation and Connotation 10

3.Euphemisms 12

4.Triteness 12

Ⅱ.Vocabulary 14

PART TWO THE SENTENCE 17

ⅠUnity 17

A.Fragments 17

B.Pronoun Reference 18

Ⅱ.Coherence 20

A. Subject-Verb Agreement 20

B.Pronoun Refernce 22

C.Parallelism 23

D.Misplaced and Dangling Modifiera 25

1.Misplaced Modifiera 25

2.Dangling Modifiera 26

2.Incomplete Contruction 28

1.Mixed Contruction 28

E.Mixed and Incomplete Contruction 28

F.Incompatible Tenses 30

G.Abrupt and Confusing Shifts in Point of View 30

1.Shift form Past to Present Tense 30

2.Shift form Active to Present Tense 31

3.Shift form Singular to Plural 31

4.Shift form Onr Mood to Another 31

5.Shift form Statement to Question 31

Ⅲ.Emphasis 31

A.Pcsition 32

B.Emphatic Word,Phrases,and Structures 33

D.Repetition 35

C.Order od Climax 35

E.Subordination 36

Ⅳ.Conciseness 36

A.Extra Word and Empty Words 37

B.Weak Intendifiers and Quslifiers 38

C.Circumlocutions 38

D.Redundancy 39

Ⅴ.Variety 39

A.Lengtb 40

B.Grammatical Structures 40

1.Three Kinds of Rhetorically Considered Sentences-Loos,Peridic,and Baland Sentences 40

2.Active and Passive Voices 42

Ⅰ.Topic Sentence and Controlling Iden 45

PART THREE THE PARAGRAPH 45

Ⅱ.Unity 47

Ⅲ.Methods of Development 50

A.Chronological Description 50

B.Cause-and-Effect Analysls 52

C.Pross Analysis 54

D.Comparison and Contrast 55

E.Listing 56

F.General-to-Specific Order 58

G.Specific-to-Grneral Order 60

H.Definition 62

I.Classification 64

J.Order of Climax 65

Ⅳ.Coherence 66

A.Three Essential Elements of Patagraph Coherence Order,Trandition,and Sentence Combining 66

B.Transitional Devices 70

1.Transitional Word and Phtases 71

2.Repitition of Key Word and Phrases 74

PART FOUR THE ESSAY 76

Ⅰ.The General Structure 76

A.The Inteoduction 76

B.The Body Paragraph 77

C.The Conclusion 78

Ⅱ.From Paragraph to Essay 79

B.Choosing Your Subject 84

A.Dfining Youer Purpose 84

C.Identifying Your Audience 86

D.Forming a Rhesis Statement 87

E.Outlining 89

1.The Format of the Ourline 89

2.The Topic Outline and the Sentence Outline 89

Ⅳ.Types of Writing 97

A.Narration 97

1.Narrative Detail 98

2.Narrative Variety 98

3.Narrative Order 99

5.Sample Narrative Essays 100

4.Structuring a Narrative Essay 100

B.Description 108

1.Objective and subjective Desceittions 109

2.Objective and subjective Language 112

3.Selection of Detail 113

4.Structuring a Descriptive Essay 114

5.Sample Descriptive Essays 115

C.Argumentation 124

1.Choosing a Topic 125

2.Taking a Stand 126

3.Gatthering Your nAudience 127

4.Analyzing Your Audience 127

5.Deduction and Induction Argument 128

6.Fallacies of Argument 132

7.Structuring an Argumentative Essay 134

8.Sample Argumenttative Essays 135

D.Expisition 145

1.Developing a Topic 145

sample Expository Essay1 146

2.Explaining aProcess 148

sample Expository Essay2 148

3.Description in Exposition 150

sample Expository Essay3 151

4.Narration in Exposition 152

sample Expository Essay4 153

PART FIVE THE RESEARCH ESSAY 157

Ⅰ.The Research Procedure 157

A.Choosing a Subject 159

Ⅱ.The Investigative Process 159

B.Reading 160

C.Preparing a Bibliography 161

1.The Working Bibliography 162

2.The Form of the Working Bibliography 163

3.The Final Bibliography 169

D.Taking Notes 170

1.The Form of Notes 171

2.Suggestions fpr Note-taking 172

3.The Summarizing Note 174

Ⅲ.Writing the Paper 176

B.The Rule for Placing Footnote Numbers within the Text 179

A.Two Kinds of Footnotes 179

Ⅳ.Footnoting 179

C.The Article Footnote 180

D.The Article Footnite 181

E.Differences Between Footnote and Bibliography Forms in the Humanities 182

F.Abbreviations in Footnotes 183

G.Format 185

1.The Title Page 185

2.The Outline 186

3.The Body of the Research Paper 186

4.Chapters 186

5.Conclusion 186

6.Footnote Numerals 186

9.Italics 187

10.Margins 187

7.Footnotes 187

8.Introduction 187

Ⅴ.Two Sample Research Paper 188

PART SIX THE LETTER AND THE RESUME 213

Ⅰ.The Letter 213

A.General Information 213

1.The Heading 213

2.The Margin 215

3.The Salutation 215

4.The Body 215

5.The Complimentary Close 215

8.The Envelope 216

6.The Signature 216

7.The Postscript 216

B.The Personal Letter 217

1.The Salutaion 217

2.The body 217

3.The Complientary Ciose 219

4.The Signature 219

5.Sample Personal Letters 219

C.The Business Letter 221

1.The Heading 221

2.The Salutation 222

3.The Bodt 222

6.Sample Business Letters 224

4.The Complimentary Close 224

5.The Signature 224

Ⅱ.The Resume 227

A.Heading 227

B.Statement of Personal Goals 227

C.Information about Schooling 227

D.Details of Work Experirnce 228

E.A Sanple Resume 228

PART SENEV THE TECHNICAL REPORT 230

ⅠWriting Informal Reports 230

A.Informal Report on a Meeting 231

B.Informal Report on a Laboratory Investigation 235

C.Informal Report on the Progress of an Investigation 250

Ⅱ.Writing Formal Reports 252

A.Reasons for Making a Formal Presentation 253

B.Typical Repory Contents 253

1.Prefatory Pages 254

2.Introductory Summary 257

3.Report Proper 258

4.Aooendixes 263

C.A Sample Formal Report 263

PART EIGHT PUNCTUATION 285

Apostrophe(') 285

Asterisk(*) 287

Colon(:) 288

Brackets([ ]) 288

Comma(,) 289

Dash(—) 296

Ellipsis(…） 297

Exclamation Point(!) 297

Hyphen(-) 297

Period (Full Stop)(.) 299

Question Mark(?) 300

QuotationMatks(" "and' ') 300

Semicolon(;) 301

Slash(/) 302

Underlining(Italics) 302

BIBLIIGRAPHY 304