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1、ThomasS.KaneIfyoupurchasedthisbookwithoutacover,youshouldbeawarethatthisbookisstolenproperty.Itwasreportedas"unsoldanddestroyed"tothepublisher,andneithertheauthornorthepublisherhasreceivedanypaymentsforthis"strippedbook."AcknowledgmentsThisbookisbasedonTheOxfordGuidetoWriting:ARhet-oricandHandboo
2、kforCollegeStudents,andthanksaredueoncemoretothosewhocontributedtothatbook:myfriendandcolleagueLeonardJ.Peters;ProfessorsMiriamBakerofDowlingCollege,DavidHamiltonoftheUniversityofIowa,RobertLyonsandSandraSchorofQueensCollegeoftheCityUniversityofNewYork,andJosephTrimmerofBallStateUniversity,allofw
3、homreadthemanuscriptandcon-tributedperceptivecomments;Ms.CherylKupper,whocopyeditedthattextwithgreatthoroughnessandcare;andJohnW.Wright,myeditorattheOxfordUniversityPress.ForthepresenteditionIamagaingratefultoProfessorLeonardJ.PetersandtoJohnW.Wright.InadditionIwishtothankWilliamP.SislerandJoanBo
4、ssert,myeditorsatOxfordUniversityPress,whoencouraged,criticized,andim-proved,asgoodeditorsdo.KitteryPoint,MaineT.S.K.December1987ContentsIntroduction31.Subject,Reader,andKindsofWriting52.StrategyandStyle93.Grammar,Usage,andMechanics13PART1TheWritingProcess174.LookingforSubjects195.ExploringforTop
5、ics236.MakingaPlan297.DraftsandRevisions34PARTII.TheEssay438.Beginning459.Closing6010.OrganizingtheMiddle6711.PointofView,Persona,andTone74PART3TheExpositoryParagraph8712.BasicStructure8913.ParagraphUnity9514.ParagraphDevelopment:(1)IllustrationandRestatement1068CONTENTS15.ParagraphDevelopment:(2
6、)Comparison,Contrast,andAnalogy11416.ParagraphDevelopment:(3)CauseandEffect12517.ParagraphDevelopment:(4)Definition,Analysis,andQualification132PART4.TheSentence14918.TheSentence:ADefinition15119.SentenceStyles16120.TheWell-WrittenSentence:(1)Concision19121.TheWell-WrittenSentence:(2)Emphasis2002
7、2.TheWell-WrittenSentence:(3)Rhythm22323.TheWell-WrittenSentence:(4)Variety234PARTv.Diction24124.Meaning24325.ClarityandSimplicity26226.Concision28127.FigurativeLanguage29528.UnusualWordsandCollocations32529.ImprovingY
