Chapter 1 English Writing 1
1.1 Sample analysis 1
1.2 Differences between English and Chinese writing 3
1.3 Problems in Chinese students'English writing 5
Exercises 6
Chapter 2 Writing an Effective Paragraph 13
2.1 Sample analysis 13
2.2 The structure of a paragraph 14
2.3 The major characteristics of an effective paragraph 17
Exercises 23
Chapter 3 Ways of Paragraph Development 30
3.1 Sample analysis 30
3.2 Ways of paragraph development 31
Exercises 38
Chapter 4 Essay Writing 45
4.1 Sample analysis 45
4 2 Components of an essay 46
4.3 Steps in writing an essay 51
Exercises 53
Chapter 5 Types of Writing 63
5.1 Sample analysis 63
5.2 Types of writing 66
Exercises 81
Chapter 6 Research Paper Writing 89
6.1 Sample analysis 89
6.2 Types of research papers 90
6 3 The IMRAD research paper format 91
6.4 Basic skills of research paper writing 92
6.5 Logical patterns in writing a research paper 97
Exercises 100
Chapter 7 Writing an Abstract 103
7.1 Sample analysis 103
7.2 Types of abstract 104
7.3 Components of an abstract 105
Exercises 113
Chapter 8 Writing Introduction Section 120
8.1 Sample analysis 120
8.2 The major components of an introduction 121
Exercises 128
Chapter 9 Writing Method Section 132
9.1 Sample analysis 132
9.2 Writing method section 133
Exercises 139
Chapter 10 Writing Results,Discussion and Conclusion Sections 147
10.1 Sample analysis 147
10 2 Methods of presenting results 148
10.3 Ways of making discussion 150
10.4 Ways of drawing a conclusion 153
Exercises 155
Chapter 11 Linguistic Features of Academic Writing 159
11.1 Sample analysis 159
11.2 Linguistic features of academic writing 160
Exercises 165
Keys to Exercises 169
Appendix Ⅰ APA Style 187
Appendix Ⅱ MLA Style 191
Appendix Ⅲ Chicago(CMS)Style 194
Bibliography 197