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本教材是全国高等教育自学考试英语专业本科阶段一门重要的实践课程指定教材，按照该课程1999年修订的自学考试大纲进行编写。
本教材从实际应用出发，重点教授如何撰写读书报告，如何用英语写好记叙文、描写文、说明文以及议论文等。
本教材旨在使该专业考生通过学习，能写出内容充实、具有一定广度与深度的说明和议论文以及课程论文，掌握撰写毕业论文的基本技能和提纲、提要、读书报告的撰写技巧，写作速度达到每小时250至300词。
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Part One
The Book Report
Part Two
The Whole Composition
I. Format
II. Outline
A. Deciding oa topic
B. Formulating a thesis
C. Collecting details
III. Types of Writing
A. Narration
1. Guidelines for effective narration
B. Description
1. Descriptioof a person
2. Descriptioof a place
3. Descriptioof aobject
4. Descriptioof a scene
C. Exposition
1. Exemplification
2. Process Analysis
3. Divisioand Classification
4. Cause and Effect
5. Comparisoand Contrast
D. Argumentation
1. From Your Argumentative Thesis
2. Focus othe Concerns and Knowledge of aAppropriate Audience
3. Tailor Evidence to the Argumentative Thesis
4. Develop Evidence with Adequate and Appropriate Support
(1) Definitioof important terms
(2) Verifiable facts
(3) Examples, including personal experience
(4) Recognized authority othe subject
(5) Quotations, especially from aauthority
(6) Statistics
5. Provide Clear and Obvious Connections
Part Three
Process of Writing a Research Paper
I. Choose a suitable topic
A. Finding a topic
B. Narrowing the topic
II. How to research
A. Exploring the library
B. Following a search strategy
1. Reference works
(1) General encyclopedias
(2) Specialized encyclopedias
(3) Biographical references
(4) Unabridged dictionaries
(5) Books
(6) Periodicals
(7) Other sources
C. Evaluating sources for relevance and reliability
D. Preparing bibliography cards
1. How to take notes oyour cards
(1) Note cards that summarize
(2) Note cards that paraphrase
(3) Note cards that quote
(4) Personal note cards
(5) Alternatives to note cards
E. Reading and taking notes
III. The thesis and outline
A. Arriving at the thesis
B. Constructing a preliminary outline
1. Focusing oa hypothesis
2. Constructing a preliminary outline
IV. Expand notes into a draft, theinto a paper
A. Preparing the first draft
B. Incorporating notes into the flow of a paper
V. Follow the MLA style of in-text citations
A. The MLA style
1. Author isignal phrase, page number iparentheses
2. Author and page number iparentheses
3. Wheto include a title
4. Unknowauthor
5. A work with two or more authors
6. A multi-volume work
7. A novel, a play, or a poem
8. Indirect source
9. Parenthetical citatioof two or more works
B. Endnotes and footnotes
C. Spacing and punctuation
D. Preparing a list of works cited
Part Four
A Sample Research Paper
后记
英语写作自学考试大纲