《高级英语写作教程》是根据新近颁布的《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》中对学生写作技能的要求而编写的一部写作教程。在总结了多年写作课教学经验的基础上，马红军和毛卓亮两位教授注意借鉴国外先进的教学理论，并结合中国学生学习英文写作的特点，在一本教材中安排了从段落写作到篇章布局、短文写作和学术论文写作等教学内容，达到了新大纲对英语专业学生英文写作训练的要求。这本教材特色明显，针对性强，是配合新大纲的一本好教材。 1CHOOSINGRIGHTWORDS1.1GeneralandSpecificWords1.2DenotationandConnotation1.3FigurativeLanguage1.4LevelsofDictionExercises2SHAPINGEFFECTIVESENTENCES2.1SentenceVariety2.2ImpressiveSentences2.3SentenceEmphasis2.4ConciseSentencesExercises3UNDERSTANDINGPARAGRAPHS3.1ParagraphStructure3.2ParagraphUnity3.3ParagraphCoherence3.4ParagraphDevelopmentExercises4WRITINGDESCRIPTIVEPARAGRAPHS4.1AboutaPerson4.2AboutanObject4.3AboutaPlace4.4MorePracticeonDescriptionStudentPracticeParagraphsExercisesWritingActivities5WRITINGNARRATIVEPARAGRAPHS5.1FrameworkofaNarrative5.2AboutanExperience5.3AboutanActivityStudentPracticeParagraphsExercisesWritingActivities6WRITINGOTHERTYPESOFPARAGRAPHS6.1ExampleParagraph5.2ProcessParagraph6.3ComparisonParagraph6.4Cause-FffectParagraph6.5DefinitionPraagraph6.6OpinionParagraphStudentPracticeParagraphsExercisesWritingActivities7WRITINGBEYONDTHEPARAGRAPH7.1Thesisstatement7.2Outline7.3Introduction7.4BodyParagraphs7.5Conclusion7.6RevisionofFirstDraftStudentPracticeParagraphsExercisesWritingActivities8WRITINGASUMMARY8.1SummarizingParagraphs8.2SummarizingLongerPiecesExercises9WRITINGABOUTLITERATURE9.1TheElementsofLiterature9.2LiteralVersusAnalvticalReading9.3WrtitngaLiteraryInterpretation9.4WritingaResearchPaper9.5FormatforDocumentingSources9.6EritingLogicalArgument9.7QuesionsOftenAskedaboutResearchPapersExercises10WRITINGFORSPECIALPURPOSESAGLOSSARYOFLITERARYTERMSANSWERSTOSELECTEDEXERCISESINDESBIBLIOGRAPHY