高班英語寫作材料

高班英語寫作材料

寫作檢核表

1. 關於標題

是否有標題？標題是否符合文章內容？標題是否太大，太空？標題寫法是否正確？

2. 關於文體

是否過於口語化？有些個人書信該用口語體時又是否用了太正規的書面語？

3. 關於結構

結構是否合理？全文是否不止一段？是否完整，包括開頭、正文和結尾？全文邏輯是否清晰？相對全文而言，開頭或結尾是否太長？

4. 關於段落

每一段是否有topic sentence？是否實現了unity（統一性），即每段只講一個內容？ 文章coherence（連貫性）如何？是否運用了一些transition（過渡）手段？

段落中是否包含了不相關的論據？每一段中的論據能支持該段的主題句嗎？論據的安排是否按照一定的維度或層級結構？

5. 關於表達

句子的形式是否多樣化？文中是否用到了大學階段的單詞和短語？是否偶爾用到強調句、倒裝句、諺語、名人名言、修辭手法？時態、人稱、數上是否一致？拼寫、語法方面是否有錯誤？大小寫和標點方面是否有錯誤？

要避免的低級錯誤

文中夾雜漢字；用了頓號、書名號；句子中間到處打點；Take sth. as an example.後用逗號；Because從句單獨使用；阿拉伯數字、年代小寫；寫信時日期寫在信尾，還採用中國式寫法；用了call 110/120等中國特有的號碼; 將祈使句誤用為激勵自己；書名、電影名未用斜體。

寫作中的維度和層級結構(Hierarchy)

Renumber the sentences to arrange them in what you think is the best order.

The controlling idea: Since I began living in an apartment and going to school, my biggest problem has been the housework.

(1) Cooking my food is a bigger problem.

(2) The worst problem is doing my laundry.

(3) Cleaning the apartment is not too bad, although it takes time away from my studies; at least

when I finsh the apartment looks nice.

(4) Sometimes the food is burned,sometimes it is not cooked enough, and sometimes I have not

measured correctly, so the food tastes terrible.

(5) Shopping for my food is more difficult because I don’t know the English names of many

foods, and often I have to spend extra time asking for help.

(6) The laundromat is far from my apartment, and I waste much valuable time.

(7) I have never had to cook before, and usually the results are discouraging.

(8) Mostly I am embrassed as I sit in the laundromat with all the women,and so I wait until all my

clothes are dirty before I do this terrible task.

(9) I also have trouble with the complicted instructions,so occasionally I ended up with pink

socks or a shirt that is too small.

What kind of titles are good?

concise: more often noun phrases rather than long sentences; clear

beautiful and refined

complete: not partial, governing the whole text rather than a part

eye-catching

The Writing of Titles

Write the following titles in the proper form.

1. where I lived, and what I lived for

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2. are transgenic crops safe

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3. well-known dramatist of the ming dynasty

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4. a day to remember

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5. approaches to teaching english as a foreign language

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6. criticisms on the ending of mark twain’s adventures of Huckleberry finn

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