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作者简介：
Edward R Bailey，是美国商务沟通专业的退休教授，也是商务和政务方面的资深顾问。他在美国空军学院获得学士学位，在佛罗里达大学获得硕士学位，并在爱阿华大学获得博士学位。他有丰富的教学经验，除《实用写作》外，在口语和写作方面，还著有其他7本颇有影响的著作："Writing andSpeaking at Work"，"Plain English at Work"，"A Practical Guidefor Business Speaking"，"Plain English Approach to Business Writing"，"Writing Clearly"。"Writing Research Papers"，以及"The Practical Writer with Readings"。
内容简介
《实用写作》已再版9次，得到各国写作方面专家的普遍认可。本书面向写作的初学者，从一段式短文到五段式短文，再到学术论文，循序渐进地讲授如何写作。本书内容丰富，简单易懂，所介绍的写作策略可以被应用在多种文体中，具有极强的实用性。此外，标点和表达部分更是学生必备的英语写作知识。同时，根据当代大学生的需求，书中还加入了边注、练习和例文。
本书突破了传统的写作教学方式，突出口语化写作，让学生掌握清晰的写作结构，并练习写作个人的经历和熟知的人或物，目的是为了让写作丰富多彩，充满乐趣，更重要的是让学生用独特的视角来学习写作。作者文笔流畅，避免使用大量的学术化语言，如同在课堂上与学生亲切交谈，大大拉近了与读者之间的距离。引用作者的话说：“我们所讲的写作模式，不是写作的目的，而是对写作的指导。”
目录
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SECTION ONE
A Model for Writing
PART 1 The One-Paragraph Essay (Stage Ⅰ)
1 Overview of the One-Paragraph Essay (Stage Ⅰ)
2 Support: Examples, Statistics, Statements by Authorities
3 Topic Sentence
4 Unity
5 Coherence
6 Tips on the Writing Process
PART 2 The One-Paragraph Essay (Stage Ⅱ)
7 Overview of the One-Paragraph Essay (Stage Ⅱ)
8 Support: Subtopic Sentences
Checklist for the One-Paragraph Essay
PART 3 The Five-Paragraph Essay
9 Overview of the Five-Paragraph Essay
10 Alternative Techniques of Layout
11 Thesis Statement with Blueprint
12 Central Paragraphs
13 Introduction
14 Conclusion
Checklist for the Five-Paragraph Essay
SECTI0 N TWO
Beyond the Model Essay
PART 4 More Patterns of Development
15 Comparison and Contrast
16 Cause and Effect
17 Classification
18 Process
PART 5 The Research Paper
19 Overview of the Research Paper
20 Finding Support
21 Taking and Organizing Notes
22 Organizing Your Thoughts and Support
23 Using Borrowed Material in Your Paper
24 Parenthetical Documentation
25 Works Cited
SECTION THREE
Improving Your Punctuation and Expression
PART 6 Punctuation
26 Definitions
27 Sentence Fragment
28 Comma Splice and Fused Sentence
29 Comma
30 Semicolon
……
PART 7 Expression
APPENDIXES
INDEX
