四级英语作文经典辅导材料

Writing Skills and Practice

C o n t e n t s

Part One Brief Introduction to College English Writing 2 (7)

Part Two Methods of Developing Paragraphs

8 (10)

Part Three Various Forms of Writing

(from appreciation to production) 10 (21)

Part Four Selected Model Compositions 21 (30)

Part Five A List of Most Commonly Employed

Sentence Patterns

30 (3)

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Compiled by The First Section of Teaching and Research, Department of College English Teaching &

Studies, Qingdao University

Part One Brief Introduction to College English Writing I. Format and General Requirements of College English Writing

1.Format of College English Writing

It is stipulated in College English Curriculum Requirements(《大学英语课程教学要求》) that college students should be able to write

within 30 minutes a short composition of 120 words on a general topic or an outline. The composition should be basically complete in content, appropriate in diction and coherent in discourse.

More often than not, college students are expected to write compositions based on topic sentences, outlines given in Chinese, key words, visual aids or given situations. Accordingly, it is normally of great help to decide on what style (narration, exposition, description or argumentation) to be employed to develop the whole essay, and then to determine the controlling idea contained in each of the topic sentences/Chinese outlines, or to state the controlling idea at the very beginning of each paragraph in respect of writing based on key words, visual aids or given situations.

2.General Requirements of College English Writing

Unity（一致性）and coherence (连贯) are two important

general requirements of college English writing.

Unity is achieved by ascertaining that each sentence in the paragraph is relevant to the topic sentence, that is, each sentence should be a further development of the topic sentence. At the same time, the student writer must be positive that each of the 3 paragraphs is connected with each other in form as well as in meaning or content.

Coherence is the logical connection of the sentences in a paragraph and the paragraphs in a composition to each other. Coherence can be achieved through a variety of techniques, such as the employment of transitional words/link words/connectors（过渡词语）, repetition of key words, consistent use of the same point of view, proper pronoun reference, logical organization of the information and arguments in a paragraph and between paragraphs. The student writer must be certain that there is appropriate transition from one sentence or one