高班英语写作材料

高班英语写作材料

写作检核表

1. 关于标题

是否有标题？标题是否符合文章内容？标题是否太大，太空？标题写法是否正确？

2. 关于文体

是否过于口语化？有些个人书信该用口语体时又是否用了太正规的书面语？

3. 关于结构

结构是否合理？全文是否不止一段？是否完整，包括开头、正文和结尾？全文逻辑是否清晰？相对全文而言，开头或结尾是否太长？

4. 关于段落

每一段是否有topic sentence？是否实现了unity（统一性），即每段只讲一个内容？ 文章coherence（连贯性）如何？是否运用了一些transition（过渡）手段？

段落中是否包含了不相关的论据？每一段中的论据能支持该段的主题句吗？论据的安排是否按照一定的维度或层级结构？

5. 关于表达

句子的形式是否多样化？文中是否用到了大学阶段的单词和短语？是否偶尔用到强调句、倒装句、谚语、名人名言、修辞手法？时态、人称、数上是否一致？拼写、语法方面是否有错误？大小写和标点方面是否有错误？

要避免的低级错误

文中夹杂汉字；用了顿号、书名号；句子中间到处打点；Take sth. as an example.后用逗号；Because从句单独使用；阿拉伯数字、年代小写；写信时日期写在信尾，还采用中国式写法；用了call 110/120等中国特有的号码; 将祈使句误用为激励自己；书名、电影名未用斜体。

写作中的维度和层级结构(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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