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Chapter One Brainstorming and Outlining
　1 Brainstorming
　　1.1 Animals
　　1.2 Communication
　　1.3 Cooperation and Competition
　　1.4 Economy
　　1.5 Education
　　1.6 Environmental Protection
　　1.7 Euthanasia
　　1.8 Family
　　1.9 Friendship
　　1.10 Groups or Organizations
　　1.11 Happiness
　　1.12 Health
　　1.13 Independence
　　1.14 Information
　　1.15 Knowledge and Experience
　　1.16 Love
　　1.17 Mistakes
　　1.18 Music
　　1.19 Science and Technology
　　1.20 Stress
　　1.21 Travel
　　1.22 Work
　2 Outlining
Chapter Two Coherence
　1 Sentence Coherence
　　1.1 Sequence
　　1.2 Cause or Reason
　　1.3 Result
　　1.4 Illustration
　　1.5 Comparison
　　1.6 Contrast
　　1.7 Concession
　　1.8 Conversion
　　1.9 Condition
　　1.10 Exception
　　1.11 Purpose
　　1.12 Place
　　1.13 Restatement
　　1.14 Feelings
　　1.15 Conclusion
　　1.16 Time
　2 Paragraph Coherence
　　2.1 Opening Paragraph
　　2.2 Concluding Paragraph
　　2.3 Body Paragraph
Chapter Three Compositions with Outlines and Patterns
Chapter Four Rhetorical Devices
　1 Phonetic Devices
　2 Semantic Devices
　3 Syntactic Devices
　4 Stylistic Devices
Chapter Five Compositions with Patterns and Rhetorical Devices
Chapter Six Note Writing
1 Leaving a Message
2 Application
　3 Acceptance
　4 Passing on (word)
　5 Notification/Notice
　6 Advertisement
　7 Invitation
　8 Complaint
　9 Consolations
　10 Apology
　11 Expressing Thanks
　12 Congratulations
　13 Narrating a Sequence of Events
　14 Making Comments and Giving Opinions
　15 Asking for and Giving Information
　16 Persuading
　17 Leave of Absence
Chapter Seven Previously-Tested Compositions and Notes