Eng Skills W/ Readings (5th Ed)

by Langan, John

• ISBN13: 9780072480030
• ISBN10: 0072480033
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-28
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

Summary

One of the most comprehensive and well-respected books of its kind, this best-selling rhetoric/reader/handbook is designed for developmental writing courses that focus on paragraph writing skills in preparation for essay writing.English Skills with Readings features John Langan's crystal-clear explanations and his wide range of motivating activities and writing assingments that effectively reinforce the Four Bases of Effective Writing: Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills.This Fifth Edition includes new coverage on using the computer, expanded coverage on the writng process, updated coverage on library resources, and fresh new examples, writing activities, editing tests, and readings.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	x
Part One: Basic Principles of Effective Writing	1	(158)
Preview	2	(1)
An Introduction to Writing	3	(14)
Understanding Point and Support	4	(3)
An Overview: How the Book Is Organized	7	(3)
Benefits of Paragraph Writing	10	(1)
Writing as a Skill	10	(3)
Writing as a Process of Discovery	13	(1)
Keeping a Journal	14	(1)
Using This Text	15	(2)
The Writing Process	17	(30)
Prewriting	17	(8)
Writing a First Draft	25	(1)
Revising	26	(4)
Editing	30	(1)
Review Activities	31	(16)
The First and Second Steps in Writing	47	(32)
Step 1: Begin with a Point	47	(2)
Step 2: Support the Point with Specific Evidence	49	(8)
Practice in Making and Supporting a Point	57	(22)
The Third Step in Writing	79	(18)
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence	79	(9)
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence	88	(9)
The Fourth Step in Writing	97	(34)
Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences	97	(1)
Revising Sentences	97	(17)
Editing Sentences	114	(3)
Practice in Revising Sentences	117	(14)
Four Bases for Revising Writing	131	(28)
Base 1: Unity	132	(2)
Base 2: Support	134	(2)
Base 3: Coherence	136	(2)
Base 4: Sentence Skills	138	(4)
Practice in Using the Four Bases	142	(17)
Part Two: Paragraph Development	159	(122)
Preview	160	(1)
Introduction to Paragraph Development	161	(10)
Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development	161	(1)
Important Considerations in Paragraph Development	162	(2)
Using a Computer	164	(3)
Using Peer Review	167	(2)
Doing a Personal Review	169	(2)
Providing Examples	171	(12)
Explaining a Process	183	(12)
Examining Cause and Effect	195	(10)
Comparing or Contrasting	205	(16)
Defining a Term	221	(10)
Dividing and Classifying	231	(12)
Describing a Scene or Person	243	(14)
Narrating an Event	257	(12)
Arguing a Position	269	(12)
Part Three: Essay Development	281	(28)
Preview	282	(1)
Writing the Essay	283	(26)
What Is an Essay?	283	(3)
Important Points about the Essay	286	(4)
Essays to Consider	290	(4)
Planning the Essay	294	(2)
Writing an Exam Essay	296	(6)
Essay Writing Assignments	302	(7)
Part Four: Research Skills	309	(44)
Preview	310	(1)
Using the Library and the Internet	311	(18)
Writing a Research Paper	329	(24)
Part Five: Handbook of Sentence Skills	353	(224)
Preview	354	(1)
Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test	355	(6)
Grammar
Subjects and Verbs	361	(5)
Sentence Sense	366	(3)
Fragments	369	(16)
Run-Ons	385	(15)
Standard English Verbs	400	(9)
Irregular Verbs	409	(9)
Subject-Verb Agreement	418	(7)
Pronoun Agreement and Reference	425	(7)
Pronoun Types	432	(6)
Adjectives and Adverbs	438	(5)
Misplaced Modifiers	443	(4)
Dangling Modifiers	447	(5)
Mechanics
Paper Format	452	(5)
Capital Letters	457	(9)
Numbers and Abbreviations	466	(3)
Punctuation
Apostrophe	469	(9)
Quotation Marks	478	(7)
Comma	485	(10)
Other Punctuation Marks	495	(5)
Word Use
Using the Dictionary	500	(9)
Improving Spelling	509	(7)
Vocabulary Development	516	(3)
Commonly Confused Words	519	(10)
Effective Word Choice	529	(6)
ESL Pointers	535	(15)
Practice
Combined Mastery Tests	550	(8)
Editing Tests	558	(19)
Sentence-Skills Achievement Test	571	(6)
Part Six: Seventeen Reading Selections	577	(148)
Preview	578	(6)
Introduction to the Readings	579	(5)
Goals and Values	584	(1)
All the Good Things	584	(6)
Sister Helen Mrosla
Rowing the Bus	590	(7)
Paul Logan
Fifth Chinese Daughter	597	(8)
Jade Snow Wong
Adolescent Confusion	605	(6)
Maya Angelou
Tickets to Nowhere	611	(6)
Andy Rooney
What Good Families Are Doing Right	617	(12)
Delores Curran
Education and Self-Improvement	629	(1)
Do It Better!	629	(10)
Ben Carson
Cecil Murphey
Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name	639	(7)
James Lincoln Collier
Old before Her Time	646	(9)
Katherine Barrett
Let's Really Reform Our Schools	655	(8)
Anita Garland
How They Get You to Do That	663	(9)
Janny Scott
Dealing with Feelings	672	(8)
Rudolph F. Verderber
Human Groups and Society	680	(1)
Television Changed My Family Forever	680	(7)
Linda Ellerbee
Rudeness at the Movies	687	(7)
Bill Wine
Bullies in School	694	(8)
Kathleen Berger
People Need People	702	(8)
S. Leonard Syme
A Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath	710	(15)
Theresa Conroy
Christine M. Johnson
Appendix: Answers and Charts	725	(10)
Preview	726	(1)
Answers to Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects	727	(3)
Charts	730	(5)
Acknowledgments	735	(1)
Index	736