《美国大学英语写作》是美国大学的经典写作教材English Skills with Readings第九版的英文影印版，是作者20多年英语写作教学经验的总结，全书实例丰富，讲练结合，另提供练习题参考答案手册，既适合课堂教学，也方便读者自学。
全书主体共分为五个部分：1.有效写作的基本原则；2.段落写作手法；3.短文写作手法；4.句子写作技巧；5.以阅读带动写作。附录总结了英语学习者容易出错的用词规则，提供句子写作技巧水平测试等。

PART 1 Fundamentals of Effective Writing
有效写作的基本原则
1. An Introduction to Writing
2. The Four Bases and the Writing Process
3. The First and Second Steps in Writing
4. The Third Step in Writing
5. The Fourth Step in Writing
6. Four Bases for Revising Writing
7. Writing in the Digital Age
PART 2 Paragraph Development
段落写作
8. Exemplification
9. Process
10. Cause and/or Effect
11. Comparison and/or Contrast
12. Definition
13. Division-Classification
14. Description
15. Narration
16. Argument
Part 3 Essay Development
短文写作
17. Writing the Essay
Part 4 Handbook of Sentence Skills
句子写作技巧指南
Section I Grammar
18. Subjects and Verbs
19. Sentence Sense
20. Fragments
21. Run-Ons
22. Regular and Irregular Verbs
23. Standard English Verbs
24. Subject-Verb Agreement
25. Pronoun Agreement and Reference
26. Pronoun Types
27. Adjectives and Adverbs
28. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Section II Mechanics
29. Paper Format
30. Capital Letters
31. Numbers and Abbreviations
Section III Punctuation
32. Apostrophe
33. Quotation Marks
34. Commas
35. Other Punctuation Marks
Section IV Word Use
36. Using the Dictionary
37. Improving Spelling
38. Vocabulary Development
39. Commonly Confused Words
40. Effective Word Choice
Section V Practice
41. Editing Tests
Part 5 Reading for Writers
以阅读带动写作
Introduction to the Readings
Goals and Values
Education and Self-improvement
Human Groups and Society
Appendixes
附录
A. ESL Pointers
B. Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test
C. Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
Credits