Part One—An Overview of the Essay 1
Unit One 2
Unit Two 5
Unit Three 11
Exercises 16
Part Two—The Sentence 19
Unit One 20
Unit Two 24
Exercises 30
Part Three—The Paragraph 34
Unit One 35
Unit Two 40
Unit Three 56
Part Four—Description 60
Unit One 61
Unit Two 66
Unit Three 74
Part Five—Narration 80
Unit One 81
Unit Two 85
Unit Three 92
Exercises 97
Part Six—Exposition 101
Unit One 102
Unit Two 105
Unit Three 117
Unit Four 127
Unit Five 137
Unit Six 150
Unit Seven 164
Part Seven—Argumentation 174
Unit One 175
Unit Two 180
Unit Three 195
Part Eight—Practical Writing 199
1.Note 200
2.Notice 203
3.Letters 206
4.Greetings 216
5.Curriculum vitae 217
6.Summary 223
7.Book report 226
Exercises 227
Appendix 229
1. Manuscript form 229
2. Correction symbols 229
3. Useful words and phrases 230
4. Useful sentence patterns 233
Bibliography 235