《英语写作教程（第二版）》坚持内容的系统性和连贯性，在编排顺序上采用由词语到句子、由段落到篇章的传统编排方法，从讲解英语词汇写作入手，逐步进入句子、段落及篇章的语言结构特征的分析，最后进入篇章写作和应用文写作，让学生在反复的、由浅入深的讲解和练习中，逐步提高英语写作能力。《英语写作教程（第二版）》在第一版的基础上进行了以下更新：对写作练习的更新超过 40%，进一步加强语言输入与语言输出的紧密结合，充分体现以学生实践为中心的教学理念；在保持原有体例基本不变的前提下，对例文和素材进行了更新，加强了例文的可读性和时效性，习题部分也增加了比较贴近学生生活实际的练习题目，以激发学生的写作兴趣。

顾问，刘润清，北京外国语大学博士生导师，外语教育家。
总主编，文旭，教授，西南大学外国语学院院长，博士生导师。教育部特聘长江学者。北京师范大学博士，北京外国语大学博士后。国务院政府特殊津贴获得者；教育部"新世纪优秀人才支持计划项目"获得者；教育部"优秀青年教师资助计划项目"获得者；重庆市"高等学校优秀中青年骨干教师资助计划项目"获得者。重庆市首批高校中青年骨干教师；第三届重庆市优秀专业技术人才；重庆市学术带头人。西南大学学位评定委员会副主席，西南大学职称评审委员会委员。
徐李洁，湖南科技大学外国语学院教授，博士 （上海外国语大学英语专业），硕士生导师，美国纽约大学高访学者，中国认知语言学研究会常务理事，《当代教育理论与实践》期刊审稿人。研究方向：认知语言学、语义学和外语教学。出版专著1部，主编教材4部，在外语类核心期刊及省级刊物发表论文20余篇。

SECTION ONE MECHANICS AND PUNCTUATIONS ···················1
Unit 1 Capitalization····························3
Unit 2 Italics································9
Unit 3 Number and Numeral··························13
Unit 4 Word Division ····························17
Unit 5 Punctuation ·····························21
Section Tests································35

SECTION TWO BUILDING WORD POWER·······················39
Unit 1 Levels of Diction··························41
Unit 2 General vs. Specific Words; Abstract vs. Concrete Words ·······47
Unit 3 Denotation vs. Connotation······················53
Unit 4 Using Words Effectively ·······················59
Unit 5 Figures of Speech ··························69
Section Tests································77

SECTION THREE BUILDING SENTENCE SKILLS ···················79
Unit 1 Sentence Basics ··························81
Unit 2 Sentence Types ···························93
Unit 3 Using Sentences Effectively ····················113
Unit 4 Solving Common Sentence Problems ··················135
Section Tests·······························153

SECTION FOUR DEVELOPING PARAGRAPHS ····················157
Unit 1 Topic Sentence ··························159
Unit 2 Patterns of Paragraph Development·················171
Unit 3 Paragraph Unity and Coherence ···················199
Unit 4 Special Paragraphs·························209
Section Tests·······························225