A Complete Guide to English Composition for Chinese Middle School Students (Dual-Color Edition)

Author: Wen Wei, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Content Scope – Covers the entire content range of English composition in the junior high school entrance examination; Composition Types – Demonstrates the patterns and characteristics of English composition in the junior high school entrance examination; Writing Guidance – Teaches students the tricks to improve their English composition test-taking skills. The structure of this book is as follows:
1. Writing Guidance (Provides corresponding writing techniques and basic requirements according to different types of articles, except for diagrammatic composition and communicative topics).
2. Themes (Selects and creates novel and lively topics, aligning with the trends of the junior high school entrance examination).
3. Model Essays (Selects excellent articles based on the themes for reference).
4. Analysis (Provides precise analysis of the model essays).
To write a good article as required, we should also pay attention to the following points:
1. Carefully review the topic to clarify the requirements; Read the topic, theme, situational conditions, specified word count, format, etc.
2. Read the diagram carefully; Correctly understand the meaning of the diagram, pay attention to the reasoning of the composition and the relationships among the objects in the diagram.
3. Preparation before writing; Before starting to write, the structure of the article according to the given keywords, determine the tense and point of view of the entire article.
4. Pay attention to natural language during the writing process; Use words and sentences you are confident about, avoid thinking in Chinese to construct sentences, and do not write incorrect sentences for the sake of fancy wording. Pay attention to sentence variation, use complex sentences and subordinate clauses as much as possible while ensuring correctness, and consider the accurate use of conjunctions.
5. Work after writing; After finishing, carefully check whether all the given keywords are used, and whether there are any errors in spelling, tense, voice, verb forms, singular and plural nouns, subject-verb agreement, collocations, and punctuation. Finally, check whether the meaning is expressed completely.