冯正斌编著的《英语写作——理论技巧与实践(上)》在编写过程中，首先是提供了较多的选自英、美原著的例句、例段和例文，供学生阅读、思考、仿效，帮助学生理解英语写作方法，认识中西方不同思维模式造成的词汇选用、句子结构和语篇结构的差异，增加英语语言输入，积累更多的语料。其次，提供了大量的练习，引导学生通过系统、循序渐进的写作实践领悟和掌握各种写作技巧的实质和作用，逐渐形成在写作中自觉地运用适当的写作技巧表达思想感情。另外，书中在“应用文写作”一章中，提供了个人信函、商务信函和简历的一般写法和注意事项，帮助学生初步掌握信函、简历写作的基本知识。

冯正斌编著的《英语写作——理论、技巧与实践》分为上、下两册，适用于高等院校英语专业一、二年级学生及非英语专业初学写作的学生、英语爱好者和英语水平相近的自学者。

本册主要讲授遣词的原则和方法、句子的类型和写法、段落的整体性、连贯性和展开段落的各种技巧、标点符号的用法等写作的基本知识和技能，辅之以具有针对性和实用性的练习。《英语写作——理论、技巧与实践(上)》的编写思路是写作技能的讲解与实践训练并重，旨在引导学生通过大量的实际操作理解各种写作技巧的实质和作用，逐步掌握运用写作技巧的方法，最终达到熟练地使用写作技巧表达自己的思想感情。

Chapter One Diction

 1. Appropriateness

1.1 Level of Words

1.2 Standard and Non- standard English

1.3 Style

 2. Consistency

 3. Exactness

3.1 Denotation and Connotation

3.2 General and Specific Words

3.3 Abstract and Concrete Words

3.4 Synonymous Words and Expressions

3.5 Idiomatic Language

 4. Figures of Speech

4.1 Simile

4.2 Metaphor

4.3 Analogy

4.4 Personification

4.5 Hyperbole

4.6 Euphemism

4.7 Metonymy

4.8 Synecdoche

4.9 Alliteration

4.10 Irony

4.11 Transferred Epithet

4.12 Oxymoron

 Practice

Chapter Two Sentences

 1. Sentence Sense

1.1 Definition of a Correct Sentence

1.2 Different Types of Correct Sentences

1.3 Types of Correct Sentences

 Practice 1

 2. Types of Clauses

2.1 Independent Clauses

2.2 Dependent Clauses

2.3 Clause Connectors

 3. Sentences

3.1 Qualities of a Complete Sentence

3.2 Types of Sentences

 Practice 2

 4. Effective Sentences

4.1 Unity

4.2 Coherence

4.3 Conciseness

4.4 Emphasis

4.5 Sentence Variety

 Practice 3

4.6 Common Errors

 Practice 4

Chapter Three Paragraphs

 1. The Importance to Learn to Write Paragraphs

 2. The Form of a Paragraph

2.1 Linear Relationship -- Time

2.2 Linear Relationship -- Process

2.3 Linear Relationship -- Cause and Effect

 3. Types of Paragraph

3.1 Opening Paragraph

3.2 Body Paragraph

3.3 Transitional Paragraph

3.4 Concluding Paragraph

 Practice 1

 4. Characteristics of a Good English Paragraph

4.1 Unity

4.2 Coherence

4.3 Completeness

 Practice 2

 5. Basic Elements of a Paragraph

5.1 Topic Sentence

5.2 Supporting Sentences

5.3 The Concluding Sentence

 Practice 3

 6. Ways of Developing Paragraph

6.1 Development by Example / Illustration

6.2 Development by Comparison and Contrast

6.3 development by Cause and Effect

6.4 Development by Process Analysis

6.5 Development by Anecdote

6.6 Development by Time

6.7 Development by Space

6.8 Development by Classification and Division

6.9 Development by Definition

 Practice 4

Chapter Four Punctuation

 1. The Period (.)

 2. The Question Mark ( ? )

 3. The Exclamation Mark ( ! )

 4. The Comma ( .)

 5. The Colon ( .. )

 6. The Semicolon ( ; )

 7. The Quotation Mark ( ) ( ' ' )

 8. The Dash ( -- )

 9. The Hyphen ( - )

 10. The Parentheses ( ( ) )

 11. The Brackets ( [ ] )

 12. The Ellipses (... /... )

 13. The Slash ( / )

 Practice

Chapter Five Mechanics

 1. Arrangement

 2. Word Division

 3. Capitalization

 4. Italics