本书是美国英语学会(FLI/C)教师R.Neufeld与中国教师合作编写的。本书以*新语言理论为指导,突出语言文字的交际功能,适合高校英语专业的写作教学。全书分上下两册,上册13章,分别介绍句子技巧、段落技巧和摘要等的写作方法。下册6章,分别介绍各种文体和提纲的写作方法和技巧以及汉英两种语言在写作上的异同,修订本增加了电子邮件及各种信函的写作方法和技巧等内容。本书出版后颇受欢迎,已被多所高校采用,连年多次重印,累计印数达5.5万套,现已修订出版。开本 32印张 12.375 字数 403千字页数 382

Preface
Part One Sentence Skills
1 Sentence Fragments
Ineffective Sentence Fragments
Legitimate Sentence Fragments
2 Run-on Sentences
3 Misplaced and Dangling Modiffiers
Misplaced Modifiers
Dangling Modifiers
4 Pronoun Reference
Ambiguous Reference
Weak Reference
Broad Reference
5 Parallelism
Value of Parallelism
Techniques Used in Gaining Parallelism
Avoidance of Faulty Parallelism
6 Unnecessary Shifts
Unnecessary Shifts in Voice or Subject
Unnecessary Shifts in Tense
Unnecessary Shifts in Mood
Unnecessary Shifts in Person or Number
Unnecessary Shifts in Discourse
7 Sentence Emphasis
Considering the Order of Words as a Means of Achieving Emphasis
Using the Voice that Is Most Emphatic and Appropriate
Putting Statements in Positive Form
Repeating Words. Structures, or Ideas for Occasional Emphasis
Omitting Unimportant Words
Making Use of Special Emphatic Sentence Patterns
Using Mechanical Devices for Emphasis
8 Sentence Variety
Varying the Beginning of Sentences
Varying the Kinds of Sentences
Varying the Length of Sentences
9 Coordination
Coordinating Conjunctions
Patterns of Coordination
Conjunctions and the Accompanying Punctuation in Compound Sentences
Avoidance of Excessive Coordination
10 Subordination
Subordination to Show the Emphasis of the Main Statement
Subordination to Avoid Choppy Sentences and to Break up Lengthy Compound Sentences
Ways of Subordination
Avoidance of Inverted Subordination
Avoidance of Excessive Overlapping of Subordinate
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Part Two Writing Paragraphs
11 Internal Structure of a Paragraph
12 Developing the Paragraph
13 Diction
Appendixes
Bibliography