1. Historical background The growth of mass-circulation periodicals created a rich market place for popular writers o WWi stands as a great dividing line between the 19th century and contemporary America o a sense of the failure of political leaders and a belief in the futility of hope dominated

The Background of American Realism The fifty years between the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of the First World War Changes in every aspect of American life

1. Historical Background Before 1860 the United States had begun to change into an industrial and urban society. In the years preceding the Civil War relatively few volumes of imaginative literature were published in the Us. But as the century progressed

1. Historical Background oo Politics dominated the revolutionary phase of American writing The crisis in American life carried by the Revolution made artists self-conscious about American subjects o The spiritual life in the colonies during that period was molded by the bourgeois Enlightenment

1. Historical Background 1607 Jamestown Colony, in Virginia. 1620 Plymouth Colony 1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony 1640 The Bay Psalm Book, the first publication in America

Text Analysis Summary Main idea and devices Blankfilling for developing Exercises ④4 Paragraph Writing All the exercises for section a Tips for Para. Writing

Business Ethics Background Information Listen and Talk Read and Explore Write and Produce

Composition Structure Many good compositions of academic writing (e.g. report, an essay, an assignment, a project) have their organizational structure or their ways in which the different parts are linked together. The following general plan for three paragraph composition will help to control the overall structure of your writing

1. Have you or your friend ever been cheated by a manufacturer? Describe your experience to your partner. Reference: Yes. Last year I planned to buy a computer so I could surf the net. I want to find a cheap one that's attractive and eas sy to use. I found

Look at the following pictures of big companies with u international reputation, Do you know whether they have some problems of business ethics. If they have, what are they? Listen to a short passage about how Japanese