English Skills

by Langan, John

• ISBN13: 9780073384108
• ISBN10: 0073384100
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-16
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

The ninth edition ofEnglish Skillsfeatures John Langan's trademark crystal-clear explanations, along with his range of motivating activities and writing assignments that reinforce the four bases of effectve writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. The new edition adds a variety of exciting new features to John Langan's proven approach, and reinstates much-requested material from previous editions.

Table of Contents

To the Instructor

Basic Principles of Effective Writing

An Introduction to Writing Understanding Point and Support An Overview: How the Book is Organized Benefits of Paragraph Writing Writing as a Skill Writing as a Process of Discovery Keeping a Journal Using This Text

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

The First and Second Steps in Writing Step 1: Begin With a Point Step 2: Support the Point with Specific Evidence Reinforcing Point and Support The Importance ofSpecificDetails The Importance ofAdequateDetails Practice in Making and Supporting a Point

The Third Step in Writing Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence

The Fourth Step in Writing Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences

Four Bases for Revising Writing

Unity

Support

Coherence

Sentence Skills Practice in Using the Four Bases

Paragraph Development

Introduction to Paragraph Development Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development Important Considerations in Paragraph Development Using a Computer Using Peer Review Doing a Personal Review

Exemplification

Process

Cause and Effect

Comparison and Contrast

Definition

Division and Classification

Description

Narration

Argument

Additional Paragraph Assignments

Essay Development

Writing the Essay What Is an Essay? Important Points About the Essay Essays to Consider Planning the Essay Practice in Writing the Essay Essay Writing Assignments

Research Skills

Using the Library and the Internet

Writing a Research Paper

Handbook of Sentence Skills Preview Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test Section I: GRAMMAR

Subjects and Verbs

Sentence Sense

Fragments

Run-Ons

Standard English Verbs

Irregular Verbs

Subject-Verb Agreement

Pronoun Agreement and Reference

Pronoun Types

Adjectives and Adverbs

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Section II: MECHANICS3

Paper Format

Capital Letters

Numbers and Abbreviations Section III: PUNCTUATION

Apostrophe

Quotation Marks

Comma

Other Punctuation Marks Section IV: WORD USE

Using the Dictionary

Improving Spelling

Vocabulary Development

Commonly Confused Words

Effective Word Choice

ESL Pointers Section V: PRACTICE

Combined Mastery Tests

Editing Tests Sentence-Skills Achievement Test Reading Comprehension Chart

Appendix: Answers and Charts Preview

Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic

Test and Introductory Projects

Charts

Acknowledgments

Index

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