英语论文写作

Chapter 1 An Overview of the Essay

Ⅰ What Is an Essay？

1. The Basic Structure of an Essay

2. Essays in Different Types of Writing

Ⅱ What Is a Research Paper？

Chapter 2 Writing an Essay

Ⅰ Planning and Shaping the Essay

1. Choosing and Limiting a Topic

2. Determining Our Purpose and Audience

3. Gathering Material

4. Formulating a Thesis Statement

5. Organizing and Outlining the Essay

Ⅱ Drafting the Essay

1. Writing the Introductory Paragraph

2. Writing the Concluding Paragraph

3. Gaining Unity and Coherence

4. Developing the Essay by Different Patterns of Organization

5. Essay Checklist

Ⅲ Revising the Essay

1. Revising the Essay

2. Editing the Essay

3. Dealing with the Final Draft

4. Proofreading

Chapter 3 Writing a Research Paper

Ⅰ Learning About the Central Information System of Modern Academic Library

Ⅱ Doing Prewriting Work

1. Choosing and limiting a Topic

2. Doing Preliminary Reading

3. Writing a Preliminary Bibliography

4. Writing a Prelimminary Outline and Thesis

5. Reading and Taking Notes

6. Revising the Outline and Thesis

Ⅲ Writing the First Draft

Ⅳ Rewriting the Paper

1. Revising the Draft

2. Editing and Documenting the Paper

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Chapter 4 Making Good Use of the Language

Ⅰ Strving for Clarity

Ⅱ Striving for Accuracy

Ⅲ Practicing Economy

Ⅳ Gaining Appropriateness

Chapter 5 Using Punctuation Marks Correctly

Ⅰ End Punctuation Marks

Ⅱ Internal Punctuation Marks

Ⅲ Enclosing Marks

Ⅳ Punctuationof Idividual Words and of Terms

AppendixⅠ Two-Letter Abbreviations for US States

AppendixⅡ Proofreaders Marks

AppendixⅢ Correction Symbols

Bibliography

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