冯正斌编著的《英语写作——理论技巧与实践(下)》在编写过程中，首先是提供了较多的选自英、美原著的例句、例段和例文，供学生阅读、思考、仿效，帮助学生理解英语写作方法，认识中西方不同思维模式造成的词汇选用、句子结构和语篇结构的差异，增加英语语言输入，积累更多的语料。其次，提供了大量的练习，引导学生通过系统、循序渐进的写作实践领悟和掌握各种写作技巧的实质和作用，逐渐形成在写作中自觉地运用适当的写作技巧表达思想感情。另外，书中在“应用文写作”一章中，提供了个人信函、商务信函和简历的一般写法和注意事项，帮助学生初步掌握信函、简历写作的基本知识。

冯正斌编著的《英语写作——理论、技巧与实践》分为上、下两册，适用于高等院校英语专业一、二年级学生及非英语专业初学写作的学生、英语爱好者和英语水平相近的自学者。

《英语写作——理论技巧与实践(下)》主要讲授遣词的原则和方法、句子的类型和写法、段落的整体性、连贯性和展开段落的各种技巧、标点符号的用法等写作的基本知识和技能，辅之以具有针对性和实用性的练习。本书的编写思路是写作技能的讲解与实践训练并重，旨在引导学生通过大量的实际操作理解各种写作技巧的实质和作用，逐步掌握运用写作技巧的方法，最终达到熟练地使用写作技巧表达自己的思想感情。

Chapter One Basic Steps in Writing Process

 1. Prewriting

1.1 Choose and narrow your topic

1.2 Brainstorming

 2. Writing

2.1 Planning or outlining

2.2 Writing and revising drafts

 3. Postwriting

 Practice

Chapter Two Outlining

 1. Main types of outline

 2. The purpose of an outline

 3. Outline design

 4. Patterns of organization

 5. Principles of organization

5.1 Chronological order

5.2 Spatial order

5.3 Climactic order

5.4 Topical order

 Practice

Chapter Three The Structure of an Essay

 1. Introduction

1.1 Writing an effective thesis statement

1.2 Writing an introductory paragraph

 Practice

 2. Conclusion

 Practice

 3. Supporting paragraphs

Chapter Four Descriptive Essay

 1. Types of descriptive essay

1.1 Objective description

1.2 Subjective description

 2. Writing a descriptive essay

2.1 Introductory paragraph

2.2 Body

2.3 Conclusion

 3. Logical pattern

 4. Details in description

 5. Useful expressions

 Practice

Chapter Five Narrative Essay

 1. Characteristics of the narrative

 2. Writing a narrative essay

2.1 The introductory paragraph

2.2 Methods for beginning a narrative essay

2.3 Body

2.4 Conclusion

 3. Logical pattern

 4. Detai|s in narrative essay

 5. Transitions in narrative essay

 Practice

Chapter Six Exposition

 1. Types of exposition

1.1 How--exposition

1.2 What--exposition

 2. The purpose of exposition

 3. Writing an expository essay

3.1 Illustration essay

 Practice

3.2 Division and classification essay

 Practice

3.3 Comparison and contrast essay

 Practice

3.4 Cause and effect essay

 Practice

3.5 Definition essay

 Practice

3.6 Process analysis essay

 Practice

Chapter Seven Argument and Persuasion

 1. Types of arguments

 2. Logical fallacies in reasoning

 3. Basic concepts of logic

 4. Writing an argumentative and persuasive essay

 5. Useful structures

 Practice

Chapter Eight Summary Writing and Book Report

 1. Summary writing

1. 1 The process of summary writing

1.2 The characteristics of a good summary

1.3 The techniques in summary writing

1.4 Useful words and phrases

1.5 The format of a summary

 2. Book report

2.1 The process of writing book report

2.2 The format of book report

 Practice

Chapter Nine Practical Writing

 1. Letter writing

1.1 English letters and their types

1.2 Layout of english Letters

1.3 The basic elements of an english letter

1.4 The additional parts of business letters

1.5 The body of personal letters

1.6 The body of business letters

1.7 Personal letters

 Practice

1.8 Business letters

 Practice

 2. Resume

 3. Resignation

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