College Writing Skills

by Langan, John

• ISBN13: 9780073384092
• ISBN10: 0073384097
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-23
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

The seventh edition of John Langan'sCollege Writing Skillsfocuses on the essay using Langan's renowned clear writing style, as well as his wide range of writing assignments and activities that reinforce the four bases of effective writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. For this new edition, John Langan has added a variety of fresh elements to his proven approach.

Table of Contents

Essay Writing

An Introduction to Writing Point and Support Structure of the Traditional Essay Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay Writing as a Skill Writing as a Process of Discovery Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others Keeping a Journal Using a Computer Review Activities Using This Text

The Writing Process Prewriting Writing a First Draft Revision Editing Review Activities

The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis

The Third Step in Essay Writing Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence

The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences

Four Bases for Revising Essays

Unity

Support

Coherence

Sentence Skills Practice in Using the Four

Patterns Of Essay Development

Introduction To Essay Development

Description Reading: Lou's Place

Narration Reading: The Yellow Ribbon

Examples Reading: Dad

Process Reading: How to Do Well On A Job Interview

Cause and Effect *Reading: Taming the Anger Monster

Comparison and Contrast *Reading: Born to Be Different?

Definition Reading: Television Addiction

Division and Classification Reading: Wait Divisions

Argument Reading: Ban The Things. Ban Them All

Special Skills

Taking Essay Exams

Writing a Summary

Writing a Report

Writing a

Using the Library and the Internet

Writing a Research Paper

Handbook Of Sentence Skills Grammar

Subjects and Verbs

Fragments

Run-ons

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Subject-Verb Agreement

Additional Information about Verbs

Pronoun Agreement and Reference

Pronoun Types

Adjectives and Adverbs

Misplaced Modifiers

Dangling Modifiers MECHANICS

Manuscript Form

Capital Letters

Numbers and Abbreviations PUNCTUATION

Apostrophe

Quotation Marks

Comma

Other Punctuation Marks WORD USE

Spelling Improvement

Commonly Confused Words

Effective Word Choice

Editing Tests

ESL Pointers

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