PART ONE THOUGHTS
前面章節所說的風格、結構、意圖都是大的決定。這篇章節講小的決定,文章的架構。Zinsser提到組織好文章結構的重要性等同于寫清晰、令人愉悅的句子。一篇文章要簡潔有序,邏輯清晰還有敘述技巧。
萬事開頭難,寫作亦是如此。一個(挑逗)讓人欲罷不能的開頭可以抓住讀者持續不斷地看下去。開頭可長可短.Zinsser還提到不要害怕把長句變為兩個或三個短句,每個句子只可以包含一個想法思想。行文中可以增加耳熟能詳的傳說故事。
好的文章不會是平淡無奇的,文章中要體現作者的個性與聲音。
PART TWO VOCABULARY
1.provocative
intended to make people angry or upset; intended to make people argue about something?
e.g.a provocative remark
這個在文中說開頭得讓讀者有閱讀興趣,得挑逗他們
2.squirm/skw??m/
[intransitive]to move around a lot making small twisting movements, because you are nervous, uncomfortable, etc.坐立不安
3.lore
knowledge and information related to a particular subject, especially when this is not written down; the stories and traditions of a particular group of people傳說,典故
e.g.According to local lore,a ghost had haunted the forbidding city.?