PART Ⅰ DICTION 1
Chapter 1 Levels of Words 1
1.1 Formal Words 1
1.2 Common Words 2
1.3 Informal Words 2
Chapter 2 The Meaning of Words 5
Chapter 3 General and Specific Words 9
Chapter 4 Idioms 12
Chapter 5 Figures of Speech 14
5.1 Simile 14
5.2 Metaphor 14
5.3 Personification 15
5.4 Metonymy 16
5.5 Synecdoche 16
5.6 Euphemism 17
5.7 Irony 17
5.8 Overstatement and Understatement 17
5.9 Transferred Epithet 18
5.10 Oxymoron 18
5.11 Alliteration 18
PART Ⅱ SENTENCE SKILLS 21
Chapter 6 Sentence Fundamentals 21
6.1 Recognition of Sentences 21
6.2 Classification of Sentences 26
Chapter 7 Effective Sentences 42
7.1 Sentence Unity 42
7.2 Sentence Coherence 45
7.3 Sentence Conciseness 60
7.4 Sentence Emphasis 69
7.5 Sentence Parallelism 76
7.6 Sentence Variety 82
7.7 Sentence Agreement 92
7.8 Sentence Consistency 98
Chapter 8 Faulty Sentences 103
8.1 Sentence Fragments 103
8.2 Run-on Sentences 109
8.3 Faulty Modification 120
Chapter 9 Sentence Combination 127
9.1 Coordination 127
9.2 Subordination 134
PART Ⅲ PARAGRAPH WRITING 146
Chapter 10 Types of Paragraphs 146
10.1 Introductory Paragraphs 146
10.2 Supporting Paragraphs 152
10.3 Concluding Paragraphs 153
10.4 Transitional Paragraphs 158
Chapter 11 Structure of a Paragraph 163
11.1 The Topic Sentence 165
11.2 Supporting Sentences 176
11.3 The Concluding Sentence 179
Chapter 12 Effective Paragraphs 185
12.1 Paragraph Unity 186
12.2 Paragraph Coherence 191
12.3 Paragraph Completeness 208
Chapter 13 Planning a Paragraph 210
13.1 Steps in Writing a Paragraph 210
13.2 Paragraph Outlining 210
13.3 Strategies of Developing a Paragraph 213
Chapter 14 Ways of Developing a Paragraph 216
14.1 Development by the Chronological Sequence 216
14.2 Development by Space 218
14.3 Development by Process 222
14.4 Development by Exemplification 224
14.5 Development by Comparison and Contrast 228
14.6 Development by Cause and Effect 234
14.7 Development by Classification and Division 239
14.8 Development by Definition 245
14.9 Development by Combination of Methods 251
PART Ⅳ ESSAY WRITING 254
Chapter 15 An Introduction to Essay Writing 254
15.1 Structure of an Essay 254
15.2 Main Criteria of an Effective Essay 264
Chapter 16 Process of Essay Writing 278
16.1 Pre-writing 278
16.2 Writing a First Draft 302
16.3 Revising the Draft 312
16.4 Finalizing the Essay 317
Chapter 17 Types of Essay Writing 320
17.1 Narration 320
17.2 Description 341
17.3 Exposition 363
17.4 Argumentation 426
Bibliography 454