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当您开始阅读《英语写作》时，人类已经迈入了2l世纪。这是一个变幻难测的世纪，这是一个催人奋进的时代，科学技术飞速发展，知识更替日新月异。希望、困惑、机遇、挑战，随时随地都有可能出现在每一个社会成员的生活之中。抓住机遇，寻求发展，迎接挑战，适应变化的制胜法宝就是学习——依靠自己学习，终生学习。

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Part One The Book Report Part Two The Whole Composition I. Format II. Outline A. Deciding on a topic B. Formulating a thesis C. Collecting details III. Types of Writing A. Narration 1. Guidelines for effective narration B. Description 1. Description of a person 2. Description of a place 3. Description of an object 4. Description of a scene C. Exposition 1. Exemplification 2. Process Analysis 3. Division and Classification 4. Cause and Effect 5. Comparison and Contrast D. Argumentation 1. From Your Argumentative Thesis 2. Focus on the Concerns and Knowledge of an Appropriate Audience 3. Tailor Evidence to the Argumentative Thesis 4. Develop Evidence with Adequate and Appropriate Support 1) Definition of important terms 2) Verifiable facts 3) Examples, including personal experience 4) Recognized authority on the subject 5) Quotations, especially from an authority 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 on your 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 on a hypothesis 2. Constructing a preliminary outline IV. Expand notes into a draft, then into 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 in signal phrase, page number in parentheses 2. Author and page number in parentheses 3. When to include a title 4. Unknown author 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 citation of 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

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