PART ONE COMPOSITION 1
Chapter Ⅰ ORIGIN OF WORDS 1
Chapter Ⅱ PREFIXES 4
Chapter Ⅲ SUFFIXES 10
Chapter Ⅳ SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS 16
Chapter Ⅴ IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS 20
Chapter Ⅵ PUNCTUATION 22
Chapter Ⅶ FIGURES OF SPEECH 27
Chapter Ⅷ COMPOSITION 36
Clear Pictures 36
Sentence Construction 39
The Paragraph 43
The Atmosphere of the Paragraph 45
The Essay 47
The Conclusion 50
The Body of the Essay 52
ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 54
PART TWO PRECIS WRITING 69
Precis Writing 69
Passages for Precis 81