WritingSkillsandPracticeContentsContentsPartOneBriefIntroductiontoCollegeEnglishWriting2………7PartTwoMethodsofDevelopingParagraphs8………10PartThreeVariousFormsofWriting(fromappreciationtoproduction)10……..21PartFourSelectedModelCompositions21…….30PartFiveAListofMostCommonlyEmployedSentencePatterns30…….32CompiledbyTheFirstSectionofTeachingandResearch,DepartmentofCollegeEnglishTeaching&Studies,QingdaoUniversityPartOneBriefIntroductiontoCollegeEnglishWritingI.FormatandGeneralRequirementsofCollegeEnglishWriting1.FormatofCollegeEnglishWritingItisstipulatedinCollegeEnglishCurriculumRequirements(《大学英语课程教学要求》)thatcollegestudentsshouldbeabletowritewithin30minutesashortcompositionof120wordsonageneraltopicoranoutline.Thecompositionshouldbebasicallycompleteincontent,appropriateindictionandcoherentindiscourse.Moreoftenthannot,collegestudentsareexpectedtowritecompositionsbasedontopicsentences,outlinesgiveninChinese,keywords,visualaidsorgivensituations.Accordingly,itisnormallyofgreathelptodecideonwhatstyle(narration,exposition,descriptionorargumentation)tobeemployedtodevelopthewholeessay,andthentodeterminethecontrollingideacontainedineachofthetopicsentences/Chineseoutlines,ortostatethecontrollingideaattheverybeginningofeachparagraphinrespectofwritingbasedonkeywords,visualaidsorgivensituations.2.GeneralRequirementsofCollegeEnglishWritingUnity（一致性）andcoherence(连贯)aretwoimportantgeneralrequirementsofcollegeEnglishwriting.Unityisachievedbyascertainingthateachsentenceintheparagraphisrelevanttothetopicsentence,thatis,eachsentenceshouldbeafurtherdevelopmentofthetopicsentence.Atthesametime,thestudentwritermustbepositivethateachofthe3paragraphsisconnectedwitheachotherinformaswellasinmeaningorcontent.Coherenceisthelogicalconnectionofthesentencesinaparagraphandtheparagraphsinacompositiontoeachother.Coherencecanbeachievedthroughavarietyoftechniques,suchastheemploymentoftransitionalwords/linkwords/connectors（过渡词语）,repetitionofkeywords,consistentuseofthesamepointofview,properpronounreference,logicalorganizationoftheinformationandargumentsinaparagraphandbetweenparagraphs.Thestudentwritermustbecertainthatthereisappropriatetransitionfromonesentenceoroneparagraphtothenext.Inordertomaketheparagraphmoreinterestingandvivid,itisagoodideatousesentencevariety.Aneffectivewaytodothisistovarythegrammaticalstructuresofsentencestoavoidmonotony.Differentstructuresnotonlyconveydistinctshadesofmeaning,butalsogiveacompositionanattractiveatmosphere.II.FormofGoodWritingItisgenerallyassumedthatawell-writtenparagraphcontainsatopicsentence,developing/supportingsentencesandaconcludingsentenceifnecessary.Belowisanexampletoshowtheprocessofwritingaparagraph.Supposethatyouarerequiredtowriteaparagraphonthetopic“Ridingabicycleisbetterthanridingamotorcycle”.Itisadvisableforyoutogothroughthefollowingproceduresbeforewritingtheparagraphproper.Step1.Determinethewritingstyle—argumentationStep2.Seekoutthecontrollingidea—betterStep3.Collectsomeconvincingfactsaboutorargumentsforthecontrollingidea—inexpensivetobuy,easymaintenance,goodforhealth,nonpolluting,safer,etc.Step4.Listdetailsaboutsomeofthefactsorargumentsthatwillinterestyouraudience,e.g.,health—moreexercises,lesspollutionStep5.Outlinetheparagraph.Topicsentence:Ridingabicycleisbetterthanridingamotorcycle.Developingsentences:A.Itisrelativelyinex...
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