本教程是为高等院校英语专业学生编写的写作教程。话题写作难度由浅入深，从与大学生日常生活紧密相关的内容入手，逐步过渡到有深度的学术论题。本教材在培养学生写作能力的同时，也关注提高学生的人文素养和文化意识，充分体现英语专业教学改革强调的全人教育理念。本教程设计四册写作教程，本书为第一册。
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SECTION ONE MECHANICS AND PUNCTUATIONS
Unit 1 Capitalization
Unit 2 Italics
Unit 3 Number and Numeral
Unit 4 Word Division
Unit 5 Punctuation
Section Review
SECTION TWO BUILDING WORD POWER
Unit 1 Levels of Diction
Unit 2 General vs. Specific Words; Abstract vs. Concrete Words
Unit 3 Denotation vs. Connotation
Unit 4 Using Words Effectively
Unit 5 Figures of Speech
Section Review
SECTION THREE BUILDING SENTENCE SKILLS
Unit 1 Sentence Basics
Unit 2 Sentence Types
Unit 3 Using Sentences Effectively
Unit 4 Solving Common Sentence Problems
Section Review
SECTION FOUR DEVELOPING PARAGRAPHS
Unit 1 Topic Sentence
Unit 2 Patterns of Paragraph Development
Unit 3 Paragraph Unity and Coherence
Unit 4 Special Paragraphs
Section Review
KEYS TO THE EXERCISES
Unit Focus
Function and usage of capitalization in writing
Tuning-in Activity
Work in pairs for the following quiz.
Add capital letters in the appropriate places in the following sentences.
1. i study at xiangtan university.
2. my father reads china daily every day.
3. my english teacher, mr. Johnson, speaks French, Arabic and german, and he is a christian.
4. when i was studying in the united states, I saw how American people celebrate christmas.
5. on the first of october, we celebrate the founding of the people’s republic of china.
Focus: When and How to Capitalize
? Capitalize the first word of a sentence or direct quotation
He often goes to the municipal library on Sundays.
“ What happened to ‘Jackie’?” I wanted to know.
“ There I was not,” I said, “before ‘Jack’ cropped up in our family, so why should I try to
trace it that far back?”
Note: If a quoted sentence is broken into two parts and put in two pairs of quotation marks, the second
part does not begin with a capital letter unless the first word is a proper noun or an adjective derived
from a proper noun.
? Capitalize names of persons and the word I.
After I made observations for a week, Mr. Hobbs asked me for a report of my findings.
There is no more romantic figure in history than Alexander, the son of Philip, King of Macedonia.
? Capitalize names of particular places.
John graduated from Harvard University, USA.
We’ve decided to spend our summer vacation in Beijing.
? Capitalize names of days of the week, months and holidays.
We don’t have to go to school on Sundays.
The Christmas season lasts from Christmas Eve till after New Year’s Day.
? Capitalize names of commercial products.
He prefers a Lenovo cell phone to a Motorola.
Coca-Cola is the world’s leading soft drink.
? Capitalize titles of books, magazines, newspapers, articles, stories, poems, films,
television shows, s
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