Pnrt 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 Par 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 Part Seven Formal and Informal Styles Part Eight The Research Paper Part Nine Practical Writing Part ten Punctuation 批改/校对符号 写作错误统计表