Writing for Advanced Learners of English

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Using an inspiring collection of authentic sources to stimulate written work, this text develops students' free written expression through a series of graded steps.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Contents
• To the student
• To the teacher
• 1 Manipulation
• 1.1 Developing a critical mind
• 1.1.1 Rewriting
• 1.1.2 Editing
• 1.1.3 Punctuating
• 1.2 Expanding and contracting
• 1.2.1 Expanding
• 1.2.2 Contracting
• 1.3 Completing
• 1.4 Transforming
• 2 Imitation
• 2.1 Trying different genres
• 2.1.1 Acrostics
• 2.1.2 Advertisements
• 2.1.3 Haikus
• 2.1.4 limericks
• 2.1.5 Proverbs
• 2.1.6 Riddles
• 2.1.7 Tall tales
• 2.1.8 Tongue-twisters
• 2.1.9 Visual poems
• 2.2 In the manner of ...
• 2.2.1 Imitating the style of a poem
• 2.2.2 Imitating the style and plot of a story
• 2.3 Retelling a well-known story
• 2.4 Parodying a writer or a work
• 2.4.1 Parodying poems
• 2.4.2 Parodying prose
• 2.5 Parodying a genre
• 3 Variations on a Theme
• 3.1 Bias
• 3.2 The implied reader
• 3.3 Point of view and narrative technique
• 3.4 Different Genres
• 3.4.1 Choosing a genre
• 3.4.2 Turning a genre into another genre
• 3.5 Illustrating parables and proverbs
• 3.6 Stylistic constraints
• 3.7 Exercises in style
• 3.8 Evaluation
• 3.8.1 Blurbs
• 3.8.2 Reviews
• 4 Invention
• 4.1 Chain writing
• 4.2 Writing about paintings
• 4.2.1 Pages on canvas
• 4.2.2 Poems about paintings
• 4.3 From titles to stories
• 4.4 Finishing a poem or story
• 4.4.1 Finishing a poem
• 4.4.2 Completing a story
• 4.5 Filling the gaps
• 4.6 Imaginary worlds
• Key