Contents 1
Chapter One Punctuation 1
Ⅰ Punctuating compound sentences 3
Ⅱ Punctuating series 6
Ⅲ Punctuating introductory clauses and phrases 9
Ⅳ Punctuating parenthetical elements 12
Ⅴ Punctuating with the apostrophe 16
Ⅵ Punctuating direct quotations 19
Ⅰ Sentence-writing practice 22
Chapter Two Sentence Writing 22
Ⅱ Dimensions and properties 25
Ⅲ Impersonal statements 32
Ⅳ Definitions 40
Ⅴ Making correct and clear sentences 46
Chapter Three Topic Sentences 53
Ⅰ Topic sentene at the beginning 54
Ⅱ Topic sentence in the middle 54
Ⅲ Topic sentence at the end 55
Ⅳ Topic sentence implied 55
Ⅴ Topic sentence both at the beginning and at the end 56
Ⅰ Functions of transitions 67
Chapter Four Transitions 67
Ⅱ Categories of transitions 72
Ⅲ Different kinds of transitions 75
Chapter Five Paragraph Writing 88
Ⅰ What is a paragraph? 88
Ⅱ Constituent parts of a paragraph 90
Ⅲ Principles in building a paragraph 92
Chapter Six Description 103
Ⅰ De scribing a process 103
Ⅱ Describing a place 122
Ⅰ The form of a letter 134
Chapter Seven Letter Writing 134
Ⅱ Addressing an envelope 141
Ⅲ The language for letter writing 142
Ⅳ Models 143
Chapter Eight Essay Writing 154
Ⅰ Three main constituent parts of an essay 154
Ⅱ Most useful patterns of essay writing 173
Chapter Nine Summary Writing 181
Ⅰ Some techniques for writing a summary 181
Ⅱ Models and exercises for paragraph-summaries 182
Ⅲ Models and exercises for passage summaries 189
Notes in Chinese and key to exercises 223