College Writing Skills with Readings

by Langan, John

• ISBN13: 9780073384085
• ISBN10: 0073384089
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-23
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

John Langan'sCollege Writing Skills with Readings, Seventh Edition, focuses 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 the new seventh 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 Step3: 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 Bases

Patterns Of Essay Development

Introduction To Essay Development

Description Reading:Lou's Place,Beth Johnson

Narration Reading:The Yellow Ribbon,Pete Hamill

Examples Reading:Dad,Andrew H. Malcolm

Process Reading:How to Do Well On A Job Interview,Glenda Davis

Cause and Effect *Reading:Taming the Anger Monster,Anne Davidson

Comparison and Contrast *Reading:Born to Be Different?Camille Lewis

Definition Reading:Television Addiction,Marie Winn

Division and Classification Reading:Wait Divisions,Tom Bodett

Argument Reading:Ban The Things. Ban Them All.,Molly Ivins

Special Skills

Taking Essay Exams

Writing a Summary

Writing a Report

Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter

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 CHPATER 33: 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

Readings For Writers

Introduction to The Readings Looking Inward *Three Passions,Bertrand Russell Thank You,Alex Haley Shame,Dick Gregory I

Became Her Target,Roger Wilkins Smash

Thy Neighbor,John McMurtry A Hanging,George Orwell Observing Others

A Legendary Moment,Haven Kimmel

The Professor Is a Dropout

The Monster,Deems Taylor Why Are Students Turned Off?

Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising

Confronting Problems Bombs Bursting in Air

Here's To Your Health

How to Make It In College, Now That You're Here

College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?,D

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