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Part One: Manuscript Form1.Arrangement:a.标题:大写:第一个和最后一个单词和其他的单词(包括带连字符的合成词)。

冠词、并列连词(and, or, but, nor, for),介词,不定式to除外。

标点:可用问号。

引用或文章标题要加引号。

书名加下划线。

b.段落:每段第一行缩进4到5个字母的距离。

2.Capitalizationa.当成句子用的句子成分后也要加句号。

b.专有名词的大写:President Brown, the Middle Ages, Marxist, Darwinism, Hegelian,Confucian, Latinize, Vietnamize3.Word Division原则:按音节分,不要把连字符放在开头。

a.不能分单音节词。

如:through, march, brain,pushed.b.一行的末尾或开头不能出现一个字母。

如:a lone, trick y.c.不能把两个字母的音节放在开头。

如:hat ed, cab in.d.避免划分专有人名或地名。

如:Chi na, Aus tene.带连字符的词只在连字符处划分。

f.不要误导读者。

如:pea cock, re ally.g.带词缀时在词缀处划分。

h.换页时不要划分。

i.带双辅音时在双辅音处划分。

如:strug gle, shat ter.Part Two: Diction1.Levels of Words:From a stylistic point of view:Formal words: 很多包含三或三个以上的音节Common wordsInformal words: 通常只有一或两个音节Slang: 非常不正式,文化低的人通常使用。

2.the meaning of words①denotative meaning (dictionary)&connotative meaning(feeling or idea suggested by it )a.country, nation, state and landcountry: an area of land and its population and governmentnation:the people of a countrystate: the government or political organization of a countryland: less precise but more literary and emotive than countryrge and big:large: slightly more formal, unusually big, more emphaticc.small and littlesmall: objective little: a feeling of fondnessd.modest(virtue) and humble②different collocations:Large: amount, number and quantityGreat: personal qualities like courage, confidence, ability and wisdom③不要和中文混用Send: cause to go or be taken to a place without going oneself.Family and home: family: people related to one. Home: place where one lives.3.general and specific wordprofessionals &scientists, doctors, teachersscientists &physicists, chemistschemists &biochemistshouse &mansion, villa, chateau, cottage, bungalow, cabin, hut, shack, shanty, shed, barnlaugh &smile, grin, beam, giggle, titter, snigger, chuckle, guffaw, chortle写作时尽量用specific words用specific word时要展示出具体细节:P14:students do many interesting things after class.4.idioms不正式或口语化的用于对话;俚语式的应谨慎使用:all balled up: troubled or confused; cough up: produce sth.许多陈词滥调式的也要少用。

5.figures of speecha colorful garden: literal sensea colorful life/career: figurative sense①simile②metaphor不一定都在动词be后,不一定都是名词。

There were a few lordly poplars before the house. (tall, straight and stately, like ancientaristocrats)He often prefaced his remarks by “I can’t help thinking…”③personification④metonymy(转喻): crown stands for king; white house and American government; bottle and wine/alcohol; bar and legal profession.⑤synecdoche(借代)⑥euphemism: mad: emotionally disturbed, dustman: sanitation worker, lavatory: bathroom/ men/women’s room⑦irony⑧overstatement and understatementShe is dying to know what job has been assigned her.I’m the luckiest man in the world.It took a few dollars to build this indoor swimming poor.⑨transferred epithet: is one that is shifted from the noun it logically modifies to a word associated with that noun.Sleepless nights, quiet laziness, respectful distance, unthinking moment, reassuring hand.⑩oxymoron(矛盾修饰法)The coach had to be cruel to be kind to his trainees.A victorious defeat, conspicuously absent, a tearful smile⑪alliterationPart ThreeThe Sentenceplete sentence and sentence fragment语法上讲,完整的句子之至少包含一个主语和一个谓语动词:如果动词及物。

必须要有宾语;如果动词是系动词,必须要有标语或状语。

英语写作中用逗号取代句号,分号,冒号或破折号叫做:comma fault.小说里,两个意义相近的句子偶尔会用句号连接(突出主要信息);说明文里必须用句号。

2. types of sentences①按功能:陈述(declarative),疑问(interrogative),祈使(imperative),感叹(exclamatory)②按结构:简单(simple),复合(complex)并列(compound)并列复合(compound-complex)简单句:只有一个主语和一个谓语动词,可含多个宾语,定语,状语。

并列句:包含两个或两个以上意义上相近的句子,由连接词(and, but, or等)或者分号连接。

简单句用来强调或表达重要信息。

复合句能清晰准确的表达复杂信息。

③按修辞:分散句(loose)圆周句(periodic)平衡句(balanced)分散句:主要信息放在补充信息前面。

让读者刚开始读便知道主要信息是什么。

(信息同等重要,陈述有序自然)圆周句:最后表达主要信息,到最后整个句子语法才算完整。

(渐进顺序,最后一个词最重要,许多词语在前面堆砌,到最后达到高潮)平衡句:句子包含两个结构相似,但意义相反的平行句。

(用于正式写作中。

如说明文,演讲等)④短句和长句短句强调,长句精确表达复杂信息(修饰词多)。

短句适合陈述重要事实、信息,长句解释观点、理论,或细致描述物体。

在法律、政治和理论写作中常用长句。

小说中描写人、事或场景的也常用长句。

3.effective sentences①unity:expresses a single complete thought. 不包含无关联的句子,不表达不独立的信息。

×Born in a small town in southern China in the early 1950s, he grew up to be a famous musician. (两个句子无关联)正确见课本。

×Du Fu was one of the greatest poets. (信息不完整)②coherence:两个成分之间清晰合理的关联错误的平行结构:we have great faith and high hopes for her.指代不明:he was knocked down by a bicycle, but it was not serous.垂悬结构:to be frank, generally speaking, judging by, speaking of不属于修饰词错置:the idea he mentioned at first sounded good.人称、数、语气等的变化:an important thing for the student to remember is that when writing a paper, you should not plagiarize.③conciseness句子可用词组或单词替代;两个句子可以合并。

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