《英语写作手册》由北京外国语大学资深专家学者根据多年的教学和研究经验精心编写而成，自1984年推出以来，深受读者欢迎，多次重印，如今印数已超过百万册，并分别于1994年和1997年推出了修订版和中文版。《英语写作手册》(第三版)由原作者倾力修订，保留原书经典内容，并根据时代特点进行适度更新；新增了练习和参考答案，进一步强化学练并重的教学要求，是高校英语专业和非英语专业写作课程的首选教材。

本书旨在为非英语专业的学生提供一些实用的英文写作技巧。全书分十章，对文体格式，遣词造句、整篇作文，论文和书信，简历等的写作都做了详尽的阐述。它既用中文讲解，又保留了英语例句和范文，从而会使读者受益匪浅；这样的写作训练是全面的训练，不仅有助于提高语言水平，还有助于提高观察分析、逻辑思考的能力，有助于培养严谨的工作作风，这无疑对我国的英语教学工作是一大推进。

Part One Manuscript Form

 I. Arrangement

 II. Capitalization

 III. Word Division

 IV. Punctuation

 V. Handwriting

Part Two Diction

 I. Levels of Words

 II. The Meaning of Words

 III. General and Specific Words

 IV. Idioms

 V. Figures of Speech

1. Simile

2. Metaphor

3. Personification

4. Metonymy

5. Synecdoche

6. Euphemism

7. Irony

8. Overstatement and Understatement

9. Transferred Epithet

10. Oxymoron

11. Alliteration

 VI. Dictionaries

1. Using Dictionaries

2. Some Good Dictionaries

Part Three The Sentence

 I. Complete Sentences and Sentence Fragments.

 II. Types of Sentences

1. Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamatory Sentences

2. Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences.

3. Loose, Periodic, and Balanced Sentences

4. Short and Long Sentences

 III. Effective Sentences

1. Unity

2. Coherence

3. Conciseness

4. Emphasis

5. Variety

Part Four The Paragraph

 I. Criteria of an Effective Paragraph

1. Unity

2. Coherence

3. Transition

 II. Steps in Writing a Paragraph

 III. Ways of Developing Paragraphs

1. Development by Time

2. Development by Process

3. Development by Space

4. Development by Example or Generalization

5. Development by Comparison and Contrast

6. Development by Cause and Effect

7. Development by Classification

8. Development by Definition

9. Development by a Combination of Methods

Part Five The Whole Composition

 I. Criteria of a Good Composition

 II. Steps in Writing a Composition

1. Planning a Composition

2. Writing the First Draft

3. Revising the First Draft

4. Making the Final Copy

 III. Three Main Parts of a Composition

1. The Beginning

2. The Middle

3. The End

 IV. Types of Writing

1. Description

2. Narration

3. Exposition

4. Argumentation

Part Six The Summary and Book Report

 I. The Summary

1. Uses of Summary Writing

2. Procedure

 II. The Book Report

1. Three Main Parts of a Book Report

2. Writing of the Book Report

Part Seven Formal and Informal Styles

 I. The Meaning of Style

 II. Formal and Informal Styles

1. Grammatical Differences

2. Vocabulary Differences

Part Eight The Research Paper

 I. Purpose

 II. Process

1. Choosing a Topic

2. Collecting Information

3. Analyzing the Information, Organizing Ideas and Working Out an Outline.

4. Writing the First Draft

5. Revising the Draft and Finalizing the Paper

 III. Format

1. The Structure of a Paper

2. Use of Quotations

3. Use of Notes

4. Works Cited

 IV. A Sample Research Paper

Part Nine Practical Writing

 I. Notices

 II. Greetings, Good Wishes, Congratulations and Condolences

1. Greetings

2. Good Wishes and Congratulations

3. Condolences

 III. Formal Invitations

 IV. Notes

1. Messages

2. Arrangements

3. Requests

4. Apologies

5. Thanks

6. Informal Invitations

 V. E-mails

 VI. Letters

1. Parts of a Letter

2. Language

3. Address on an Envelope

4. Business Letters and Personal Letters

 VII. Curriculum Vitae

Part Ten Punctuation

 I. The Comma(,)

 II. The Period (.)

 III. The Semicolon ( ; )

 IV. The Colon ( : )

 V. The Question Mark ( ? )

 VI. The Exclamation Mark ( ! )

 VII. Quotation Marks ( / ' ' )

 VIII. Parentheses ( ( ) )

 IX. Brackets ( [ ] )

 X. The Dash (--)

 XI. The Slash ( / )

 XII. Italics and Underlining

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