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《高等院校英语语言文学专业研究生系列教材》是我国套英语语言文学专业研究生教材。该系列教材汇聚了全国英语语言文学专业各领域的百余位知名专家学者，旨在集各校学术之长，优势互补，形成合力，以推动研究生教材建设，使我国英语语言文学专业研究生的培养走上一个新台阶。　　本系列教材紧密结合研究生教学实际和需要，强调科学性、系统性、性和实用性，力求每本教材都能反映出该领域的新理论、新方法和新成果。该系列由50余种教材组成，内容涵盖语言学、语言教学、文学理论、原著选读等领域，教材内容翔实，规模宏大、体系科学、编排规范，堪称21世纪研究生教材建设的一大景观。

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Preface:Rationale for the Book:Its LayoutPart I Review of Some Basic Usage ConceptsChapter 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 ExercisesChapter2 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 ExercisesChapter3 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 ExercisesChapter4 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 ExercisesChapter5 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 ExercisesPart 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 ArgumentAppendix A Full Text of Two Short StoriesAppendix B Guidelines on Reuision and EditingAppendix C documentation GuidelinesAppendix D How to Render Thanks in Acknowledgements