学习方法：提高英语写作能力的技巧_其他

学习方法：提高英语写作能力的技巧

二、恰当运用过渡词

恰当运用过渡词可以使文章结构紧凑，过渡自然，避免脱节现象。时间上的衔接词有“then、as time goes by、day after day、gradually、finally等，表因果关系的有“as a result、because of、thanks to等……

对于这样一段话“Usually if you read the weather forcast in the newspaper,it will help you to predict how the day will turn out.But it's not so in Britain.应用连接词“contrary to 和变换一下句式，将其变为“Contrary to popular belief,reading the weather forcast carefully in the newspaper will not help you to predict how the day will turn out则显得更简洁、更紧凑。可见恰当应用连接词和变换句式可以收到“以少量词表达出丰富意思的效果。

三、恰当运用修辞

众所周知，恰当的修辞可以使文章更生动形象。我们高中写的大多是记叙文，这就有了比喻、拟人等修辞方法应该发挥作用的地方。有这样一幅图画，上面画的是一块从一个下水渠口飞出的一块西瓜砸中小明（肇事者，是他扔西瓜下下水渠的。但是下水渠里有修理工，他也把西瓜扔了出来。）多数同学描述为 “Xiaoming was hit by the piece of water-melon或“The piece of water-melon hit Xiaoming on his head。若用上比喻拟人修辞，则可描述为“The piece of water-melon,like a flying bullet,whose target was Xiaoming's head,jumped out of the cloaca（下水道） and hit exactly on its target.