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历顾问。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"。
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
