《英语高级写作》是2005年高等教育出版社出版的图书,作者是曲卫国。本书是为英语专业高年级学生和研究生编写的写作教材。
《英语高级写作:论说文入门》主要以Toulmin的论辩理论为框架,在参照美国大学文科学生写作课程的同时,兼顾了中国学生的思维特点。《英语高级写作:论说文入门》的基本内容有:定义、命题、命题类型、如何支持、驳斥命题以及如何引用等。《英语高级写作:论说文入门》注旨在帮助读者掌握英语论说文的写作方法,提高独立和批判性思维的能力,使读来自者能对一般的议题展开有效、合理、较深入的讨论。《英语高级写作:论说文入门》还可以作为训练GRE写作的教材,也可以为赴英语国家留学的人士提供写作上的指导。
Chpter OneIntroducing Theories 1.1 T密wo Theoretical Sources 1.2 Stephen Toulmin'S Theory 1.3 Carl Rogers'The360百科ory. Tasks. Critical thinking activities A.The Pattern of an Argument:Data and Warrants(E盾就模呀绝滑七宜通帮xcerpts) B.Communication:Its Blocking and Its Facilitation.Chpter TwoBasic Concepts.2.1 Defining Argumentation and Argument2.2 Argumentation and Communicatio法神棉报超病教品洲n 2.3 Argumentation and Persuasion2.4 Argumenta甲误右tion and Explanation2.5 Work Ethic for Argu任派阻落盐治mentation Tasks, I.Critical thinking activities A.Where Is Argument? B.Argumentation,Speaker and Audience(Excer部格pts) C.Persus措加asion(Excerpts) II.Writing tasks. A.Freeway Sparks Development Dilemma B.China Finds Its Shangri.La in TourismChpter threeDefinition (1) 3.1 Defining Definition 3.2 The Need for a Proper Definition in 保十困良穿宁际Argumentation 3.3 Functions o执f Definition Tasks I. Critical thinking activities: A. C名随原hoice, Presence, and Presentation B. Persuasive Definition (Excerpts) Ⅱ. Writing tasks: A. Text of Bush's Speech B. On FreedomChpter FourDefinition (2) 4.1 The Basic Stru双独了烟胡代鲜层cture of a Definiti松斯略效on 4.2 Fir海做失费装望液或st-level Definition 4.3 Common Ways of First-level Defining 4.4 Second-level Elaboration Tasks I. Critical thinking activities: A. Marriage B. Defining Abortion Is a Trick针雨政齐用y Business II. Wr越表苗新零十概财岩iting tasks: A. Selection from Plato's Phaedra B. "Equal" Does Not Mean "Same". C. Gay Marriage and the Right to VoteChp略报反菜措被地散功乡赶ter FiveClaims 5.1 The Nature 约镇神田含脸风色铁判of a Claim 5.2 The Function of a Claim 5.3 The Structure of a Claim Tasks I. Critical thinking activities: A. Fact and Value (Excerpts) B. Bush, Kerry Trade Barbs Over Jobs II. Writing tasks: A. Ten Reasons Not to Hit Your Kids B. Stephen Ambrose and the Rights of Passage . C. Should Stephen Ambrose Be Pardoned?Chpter SixClaims of Fact 6.1 Defining a Claim of Fact 6.2 Presenting Facts in a Claim of Fact 6.3 Relativity of Certainty in a Claim of Fact 6.4 Supporting a Claim of Fact 6.5 Challenging a Claim of Fact 6.6 A Case Study Tasks I. Critical thinking activities: A. Truth and Power (Excerpts) B. Leader: Show Us the Proof II. Writing tasks: A. Loving the Little Emperor B. Little Emperors, Little BratsChpter SevenClaims of Value 7.1 Defining a Claim of Value 7.2 Supporting a Claim of Value 7.3 Challenging a Claim of Value Tasks I. Critical thinking activities: A. Is Ethics a Science? (Excerpts) B. What Is Noble? (Excerpts) II. Writing tasks: A. Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief B. Last Rights C. In Response to Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers'BriefChpter EightClaims of Policy 8.1 Defining a Claim of Policy 8.2 Establishing a Problem 8.3 Matching the Problem with the Course of Action Tasks I. Critical thinking activities: The Analysis of the Problem (Excerpts) II. Writing tasks: A. What We Owe to Parents (Excerpts) B. A Right to Care C. Worst of Both Worlds NineChpter NineSupport 9.1 Defining Support 9.2 Evidential Support 9.3 Motivational Support 9.4 Measuring the Strength of Support Tasks I. Critical thinking activities:Field Dependence (Excerpts) II. Writing tasks: A. The Answer to Terrorism? Colonialism B. Freedom in a Time of Terrorism C. John Kerry's Speech to the National Congress of the American IndiansCltpter Ten10.1 Quoting for a Purpose10.2 Factors That Constrain Quoting10.3 Ways of Quoting10.4 System of Quotation Tasks I. Critical thinking activities: Fullness of Argumentation II. Writing tasks: A. Whatever Happened to the University? B. A Proposal to Abolish GradingChpter ElevenWarrant11.1 Defining Warrant11.2 Types of Warrants Tasks I. Critical thinking activities: A. The Ideological Problem of Social Science (Excerpts) B. The Notion of Formal Validity (Excerpts) II. Writing tasks: A. Teach Them the Real America B. In Defense of Multiculturalism C. Against Multiculturalism D. The Bottom of Multiculturalism's BarrelChpter TwelveCongluding Remarks. Critical Reading 12.1 Critical Reading 12.2 A Critical ApproachA Sample Task for the Final Examination .Worksheet for ArgumentationMain ReferencesEssential Glossary of ArgumentCommon Fallacies