本教材从学生实际需求出发，以有效输出为目标，涵盖写作热点话题，旨在全面提升学生的英语写作能力。本教材共分为两大部分。第一部分的八个单元为有效表达原则，系统搭建遣词造句、展句成段、修辞技巧与逻辑思辨等写作技能框架。第二部分包含八大实用写作话题：学习动机、社会关系、人类本性、性别问题、名人故事、商务世界、科技发展和环境保护。本教材内容新颖、体系完备、讲练结合、配套MOOC，形成了英语写作“理论框架—话题储备—运用实操”的有机整体，以科学独特的新思维融会贯通英语写作各个维度，让读者一书在手、写作无忧。
本教材可作为大学英语写作教材，也适用于各高校结合相关课程展开混合式翻转教学；同时还可作为广大英语爱好者自主学习的写作参考书。

Part Ⅰ Rules for Effective Expression
Unit 1 Wording and Phrasing (Ⅰ)
1.1 Significance of Learning Wording and Phrasing
1.2 Lexical Diversity
1.3 Concrete and Specific Language
1.4 Signal Words
Exercises
Unit 2 Wording and Phrasing (Ⅱ)
2.1 Pronoun Clarity
2.2 Concise Language
2.3 Consistent Language
2.4 Syntactic Variety
Exercises
Unit 3 Essay Development (Ⅰ)
3.1 Sensory Details
3.2 Comparison and Contrast
3.3 Narration
3.4 Thesis Statement
Exercises
Unit 4 Essay Development (Ⅱ)
4.1 Supporting Details
4.2 Introductions and Conclusions (Ⅰ)
4.3 Introductions and Conclusions (Ⅱ)
4.4 Body Paragraphs
Exercises
Unit 5 Rhetoric(Ⅰ)
5.1 A Brief Introduction to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices
5.2 Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance
5.3 Simile
5.4 Metaphor
Exercises
Unit 6 Rhetoric (Ⅱ)
6.1 Metonymy and Synecdoche
6.2 Paradox and Oxymoron
6.3 Parallelism and Antithesis
6.4 Chiasmus
Exercises
Unit 7 Critical Thinking (Ⅰ)
7.1 Critical Thinking: The 3Cs Framework
7.2 Common Logical Fallacies (Ⅰ)
7.3 Common Logical Fallacies (Ⅱ)
7.4 How to Certify (Ⅰ): Evidence
Exercises
Unit 8 Critical Thinking (Ⅱ)
8.1 How to Certify (Ⅱ): Mind Map
8.2 How to Claim: Logic (Ⅰ)
8.3 How to Claim: Logic (Ⅱ)
8.4 How to Claim: Logic (Ⅲ)
Exercises
Part Ⅱ Topies for Effective Expression
Unit 1 Learning
Text A Learning to Learn
Effective Expression: A Linguistic Dimension
Effective Expression: A Rhetorical Dimension
Effective Expression: A Logical DimensionInteractive Writing
Text B Academic Motivations Can Change
Effective Expression in Practice
Critical Thinking in Practice
Unit 2 Social Connection
Text A Weak-Tie Friendships May Mean More than You Think
Effective Expression: A Linguistic Dimension
Effective Expression: A Rhetorical Dimension
Efective Expression: A Logical Dimension
Interactive Writing
Text B "Sorry, I Was Distracted..."
Effective Expression in Practice
Critical Thinking in Practice
Unit 3 Human Traits
Text A The Power of Grit
Effective Expression: A Linguistic Dimension
Effective Expression: A Rhetorical Dimension
Effective Expression: A Logical Dimension
Interactive Writing
Text B Angela Duckworth Responds to a New Critique of Grit
Effective Expression in Practice
Critical Thinking in Practice
Unit 4 Gender Issues
Text A Man, Weeping
Effective Expression: A Linguistic Dimension
Effective Expression: A Rhetorical Dimension
Effective Expression: A Logical Dimension
Interactive Writing
Text B Born to Be Different?
Effective Expression in Practice
Critical Thinking in Practice
Unit 5 Celebrities
Text A The Woman Behind the Wizard
Effective Expression: A Linguistic Dimension
Effective Expression: A Rhetorical Dimension
Effective Expression: A Logical Dimension
Interactive Writing
Text B Ode to Beethoven
Effective Expression in Practice
Critical Thinking in Practice
Unit 6 Business
Text A Co-opetition
Effective Expression: A Linguistic Dimension
Effective Expression: A Rhetorical Dimension
Effective Expression: A Logical Dimension
Interactive Writing
Text B Persuading the Unpersuadable
Efective Expression in Practice
Critical Thinking in Practice
Unit 7 Science and Technology
Text A Reading in a Whole New Way
Effective Expression: A Linguistic Dimension
Effective Expression: A Rhetorical Dimension
Effective Expression: A Logical Dimension
Interactive Writing
Text B Is Technology Harming Our C