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Unit One Exposition
Part Ⅰ Paragraph Writing
Lecture One Transitions
Lecture Two Subordination
Lecture Three Parallelism
Lecture Four Topic Sentence
Lecture Five Controlling Idea
Lecture Six Unity
Lecture Seven Coherence
Part Ⅱ Developing from Paragraph to Essay with Expository Techniques
Lecture One Paragraph Development by Listing
Lecture Two Paragraph Development by Examples
Lecture Three Essay Development by Examples
Lecture Four Paragraph Development by Comparison
Lecture Five Paragraph Development by Contrast
Lecture Six Essay Development by Comparison and Contrast
Lecture Seven Paragraph Development by Definition
Lecture Eight Paragraph Development by Classification
Lecture Nine Essay Development by Definition and Classification
Lecture Ten Paragraph Development by Space and Time
Lecture Eleven Paragraph Development by Process Description
Lecture Twelve Essay Development by Time, Space, and Process
Lecture Thirteen Paragraph Development by Cause and Effect
Lecture Fourteen Paragraph Development by Generalization
Lecture Fifteen Essay Development by Various Means

Unit Two Argumentation
Part Ⅰ Material Shaping
Lecture One Preliminary Steps in Writing
Lecture Two The Introduction
Lecture Three The Body and the Ending
Part Ⅱ Strategies of Description, Narration, and Exposition
Lecture One Description and Narration
Lecture Two Developing by Examples
Lecture Three Developing by Comparison and Contrast
Lecture Four Developing by Division and Classification
Lecture Five Developing by Cause and Effect
Part Ⅲ Argumentative Strategies
Lecture One Argumentation and General Claim
Lecture Two Specific Evidence （1）
Lecture Three Specific Evidence （2）
Lecture Four Induction and Deduction
Lecture Five The Combination of Induction and Deduction
Lecture Six Making Concessions and Appealing to Emotions
Part Ⅳ Argumentative Writing Activities
Lecture One Taking a Position
Lecture Two Proposing about Causes
Lecture Four Making Evaluation
Lecture Five Interpretation

Unit Three Practice Writing
Part Ⅰ TEM-4 Composition
Lecture One TEM-4Composition （2002）
Lecture Two TEM-4Composition （2003）
Lecture Three TEM-4Composition （2004）
Lecture Four TEM-4Composition （2005）
Part Ⅱ TEM-4Note-Writing
Lecture One Basic Format of the English Letter
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Unit Four The Research Paper