该书原属‘大学英语综合应用能力选修课系列教材”的一本,现整合归入‘大学英语拓展课程系列”中的EAP子系列,重排出版。本书设计理念基础为:写作能力提高应立足于文章段落的写作,将段落视为一个相对独立的单位进行解剖、分析、领会、仿效并掌握。全书共17个单元,包括:主题句写作、如何开题结篇、如何使段落连贯、通过各种手段扩展段落、比较分类等方法的实际运用等等,是比较实用的写作技能教程。
7 The Topic Sentence
20 The Development of the Controlling Idea
32 The Opening Paragraph&the Concluding Paragraph
43 Flow of Thought
54 Imitation
75 Putting Yourself in the Authors Shoes
85 Unity of a Paragraph
99 Coherence of a Paragraph
116Consistency
125 Variety in Language
142 Starting a Paragraph with a Question
152 Paragraph Development by Facts
164 Paragraph Development by Example
173 Paragraph Development by Reason
183 Paragraph Development by Comparison-Simile, Metaphor & Analogy
194 Paragraph Development by Comparison-Contrast
200 Paragraph Development by Division & Classification