CONTENTS 1
PREFACE 1
CHAPTER ONE DICTION 1
Section Ⅰ BASIC PRINCIPLES IN USING WORDS 1
Section Ⅱ EXPANDING YOUR VOCABULARY 29
CHAPTER TWO SENTENCES 45
Section Ⅰ QUALITIES OF A GOOD SENTENCE 45
Section Ⅱ SUBORDINAT ION 50
Section Ⅲ PARALLELISM 58
CHAPTER THREE PARAGRAPHS 71
Section Ⅰ BASIC ELEMENTS OF A PARAGRAPH 71
Section Ⅱ TOPIC SENTENCE 72
Section Ⅲ UNITY 84
Section Ⅳ COHERENCE 91
Section Ⅴ TRANSITION SIGNALS 96
CHAPTER FOUR ESSAY 113
Section Ⅰ WHAT IS AN ESSAY？ 113
Section Ⅱ STEPS IN WRITING AN ESSAY 122
Section Ⅲ TYPES OF WRITING 128
CHAPTER FIVE PRACTICAL WRITING 165
Section Ⅰ LETTERS 165
Section Ⅱ NOTES AND MEMOS 196
Section Ⅲ NVITATIONS 201
Section Ⅳ TELEGRAMS 206
CHAPTER SIX SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES 210
APPENDIX Ⅰ GLOSSARY 238
APPENDIX Ⅱ PEER EVALUATION GUIDEL INES 250
APPENDIXⅢ RESUMES 253
APPENDIX Ⅳ PROGRAMMES 258
APPENDIX Ⅴ TRANSITION SIGNALS 266