Chapter 1 English Writing and Chinese Writing
1.1 Common Features of "Good Writing"
1.2 Cultural Differences in Writing
1.3 English Writing vs. Chinese Writing
1.4 Strategies in Learning English Writing
Chapter 2 English Essay: An Overview
2.1 What ls an Essay?
2.2 The Three-part Structure
2.3 English Paragraphs
2.4 The Five-paragraph Essay
2.5 Outlining I: Scratch Outlines
2.6 The Written Language
Chapter 3 Thesis Statement
3.1 What Does the Thesis Statement Do?
3.2 What Is a Thesis Statement?
3.3 What Does the Thesis Statement Contain?
3.4 Two Types of Thesis Statement
3.5 Features that Make a Strong Thesis Statement
3.6 What Thesis Statements to Avoid?
3.7 Placement of the Thesis Statement
3.8 How to Write Effective Sentences I
Chapter 4 Introductory Paragraph
4.1 What Does the Introduction Do?
4.2 What Does the Introduction Contain?
4.3 The General-to-specific Pattern 80
4.4 How to Write Effective Sentences Ⅱ
Chapter 5 Lead-in and Transition
5.1 What Does the Lead-in Do?
5.2 The Length of Lead-in
5.3 Common Methods of Lead-in
5.4 Transition
5.5 Putting It All Together
5.6 Howto Write Effective Sentences Ⅲ
Chapter 6 Body Paragraph I
6.1 What Does the Body Paragraph Do?
6.2 What Does the Body Paragraph Contain?
6.3 Topic Sentence
6.4 Supporting Sentences
6.5 Concluding Sentence
6.6 Putting It All Together
6.7 How to Write Effective Sentences Ⅳ
Chapter 7 Body Paragraph Ⅱ
7.1 Paragraph Unity
7.2 Paragraph Coherence
7.3 Paragraph Development
7.4 How to Write Effective Sentences V
Chapter 8 Concluding Paragraph
8.1 What Does the Conclusion Do?
8.2 What Does the Conclusion Contain?
8.3 Specific-to-general Pattern
8.4 Common Methods of Conclusion
8.5 What Conclusions to Avoid
8.6 Howto Write Effective Sentences Ⅵ
Chapter 9 Five-paragraph Essays
9.1 Characteristics of Good Essays
9.2 Outlining Ⅱ: Formal Outlines
9.3 Putting It All Together
9.4 Variation in Essay Structure
9.5 Revising Your Draft
Key to Exercises
Appendix I
Appendix Ⅱ
Appendix Ⅲ
References