Preface:Rationale for the Book:Its Layout Part I Review of Some Basic Usage Concepts Chapter 1 choosing the Right Word 1.1 General Remarks 1.2 Short Words or Long Words 1.3 Common Words,Learned Words or Specialixed Words 1.4 General Words or Specific Words 1.5 Coneral Words or Abstract Words 1.6 Referete or Emotive Words 1.7 Choice Between (Among)Synonymous Words 1.8 Keeping Up with the Changing English Vocabulary Questions and Exercises Chapter2 Choosingfrom Sentence Types 2.1 General Remards 2.2 Long and Short Sentences 2.3 Simple,Compound and Complex Sentences 2.4 Types of Balanced Sentences 2.4.1 Parallelism 2.4.2 Amtithesis 2.4.3 Chiasmus and Antimetavole 2.5 Omission or Addition in Sentences 2.5.1 Ellipsis 2.5.2 Fragmentary Elliptical Sentences 2.5.3 Asyndeton(Omission of Conjunctions) 2.5.4 Aposiopesis(Breaking off in mid-sentencd) 2.5.5 Polysyndeton (Use of Many Conjunctions) 2.5.6 Addition to Clarity by Making More Explicit 2.5.7 Addition by Amplification 2.5.8 Parenthesis 2.6 Types of Repetition in Sentences,in Whole or in Part 2.6.1 Repetition of Whole Sentences 2.6.2 Syntactic Anaphora:Repetition of Beginning Words 2.6.3 Syntactic Epiphora:Repetition of Ending Words 2.6.4 Syntactic Framing:Repetition of Beginning and End-ing Words 2.7 Climax and Anti-climax 2.7.1 Climax 2.7.2 Anti-climax Questions and Exercises Chapter3 The Rheorical Use of Punctuation 3.1 General Remarks 3.2 Stops or Pause Marks 3.2.1 The Period and the Semi-colon 3.2.2 The Colon 3.2.3 The Comma 3.3 Parenthetical Marks 3.4 Specific Marks for“xpression”in Writing Questions and Exercises Chapter4 Writing About Image and Imagery 4.1 General Remarks 4.2 Personification 4.3 Simile 4.4 Metaphor 4.5 Metonymy and Symecdoche Questions and Exercises Chapter5 Quotations and Allusions 5.1 General Remarks on Quotations 5.2 Examples of Quoting,and of Crediting of Sources 5.2.1 Qiptomg from a Book 5.2.2 Quoting from a Play 5.2.3 Quoting from a Poem 5.3 Allusions and How to Explain Them Questions and Exercises Part II Major Strategies in Academic Writing Chapter6 Defining Chapter7 Serializng Chapter8 Comparison Chapter9 Classification Chapter10 Analyzing and Critical Analyses Chapter11 Summary and Precis Writing Chapter12 Paraphrasing Part III Readings for Academic Writing Chapter13 The Informative Essay Chapter14 The Comparative Essay Chapter15 The Analytical/Critical Essay Chapter16 Argument Appendix A Full Text of Two Short Stories Appendix B Guidelines on Reuision and Editing Appendix C Documentation Guidelines Appendix D How to Render Thanks in Acknowledgements