English Writing (I) English Writing (I) 梁 淑 芳 正修科技大學應用外語系

Outline How to be a great writer? Paragraph format Narrative paragraphs Paragraph structure Descriptive structure

How to be a great writer? 1. Your heart must be in it. 2. Being a good writer doesn't mean just a person who can spell well. 3. To start writing, pick subjects that you really feel deep in your heart. 4. Practice... we have heard time and time again that practice makes perfect. 5. Be a good reader. 6. Finally, decide what kind of writer you want to be after you have written in all different fields; test the waters. 7. After you write some things, have others read your work and give you an opinion.

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Narrative paragraphs Organization Time Order Time Order Signals Sentence Structure Compound Sentences with and, but, so, and or Punctuation Three Comma Rules The Writing Process Freewriting

Paragraph structure Organization Three Parts of a Paragraph The Topic Sentence Supporting Sentences The Concluding Sentence Punctuation Apostrophes The Writing Process Outlining

Descriptive structure Organization Spatial Order Spatial Order Signals Topic Sentences for Descriptive Paragraphs Supporting Sentences for Descriptive Paragraphs Paragraph Unity Sentence Structure Compound Sentences with yet, for, and nor Varying Sentences Openings The Writing Process Clustering