English Skills With Readings

by Langan, John

• ISBN13: 9780070920637
• ISBN10: 007092063X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: McGraw Hill College Div

Table of Contents

To the Instructor	xiii
PART ONE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE WRITING	1	(130)
Preview	2	(1)
Getting Started	3	(8)
Important Factors in Writing	11	(39)
Your Attitude about Writing	12	(2)
Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience	14	(1)
Knowing or Discovering Your Subject	15	(2)
Keeping a Journal	17	(1)
Prewriting	18	(8)
Outlining	26	(9)
Revising, Editing, and Proofreading	35	(1)
Using a Word Processor	35	(3)
Practice in Seeing the Entire Writing Process	38	(9)
A Review of the Chapter	47	(3)
The First and Second Steps in Writing	50	(36)
Make a Point	51	(2)
Support the Point with Specific Evidence	53	(7)
Practice in Making and Supporting a Point	60	(26)
The Third and Fourth Steps in Writing	86	(19)
Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence	87	(7)
Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences	94	(2)
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence	96	(9)
Four Bases for Evaluating Writing	105	(26)
Unity	106	(2)
Support	108	(2)
Coherence	110	(2)
Sentence Skills	112	(4)
Practice in Using the Four Bases	116	(15)
PART TWO PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT	131	(86)
Preview	132	(1)
Introduction to Paragraph Development	133	(6)
Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development	133	(1)
Writer, Purpose, and Audience	134	(1)
Tools for Paragraph Development	135	(4)
Providing Examples	139	(9)
Explaining a Process	148	(7)
Examining Cause and Effect	155	(9)
Comparing or Contrasting	164	(13)
Defining a Term	177	(7)
Dividing and Classifying	184	(8)
Describing a Scene or Person	192	(9)
Narrating an Event	201	(7)
Arguing a Position	208	(9)
PART THREE ESSAY DEVELOPMENT	217	(22)
Preview	218	(1)
Writing the Essay	219	(20)
What Is an Essay?	219	(3)
Important Points about the Essay	222	(4)
Essays to Consider	226	(4)
Planning the Essay	230	(2)
Essay Writing Assignments	232	(7)
PART FOUR SENTENCE SKILLS	239	(236)
Preview	240	(1)
Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test	241	(6)
Grammar	247	(100)
Subjects and Verbs	247	(5)
Sentence Sense	252	(3)
Fragments	255	(17)
Run-Ons	272	(15)
Standard English Verbs	287	(9)
Irregular Verbs	296	(8)
Subject-Verb Agreement	304	(7)
Consistent Verb Tense	311	(4)
Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View	315	(8)
Pronoun Types	323	(6)
Adjectives and Adverbs	329	(5)
Misplaced Modifiers	334	(4)
Dangling Modifiers	338	(5)
Faulty Parallelism	343	(4)
Mechanics	347	(18)
Paper Format	347	(5)
Capital Letters	352	(10)
Numbers and Abbreviations	362	(3)
Punctuation	365	(32)
Apostrophe	365	(9)
Quotation Marks	374	(8)
Comma	382	(10)
Other Punctuation Marks	392	(5)
Word Use	397	(50)
Using the Dictionary	397	(8)
Improving Spelling	405	(8)
Vocabulary Development	413	(4)
Commonly Confused Words	417	(12)
Effective Word Choice	429	(8)
Sentence Variety	437	(10)
Practice	447	(28)
Combined Mastery Tests	447	(8)
Editing Tests	455	(13)
Sentence-Skills Achievement Test	468	(7)
PART FIVE SIXTEEN READING SELECTIONS	475	(164)
Preview	476	(1)
Introduction to the Readings	477	(5)
Goals and Values	482	(41)
Rowing the Bus	482	(8)
Paul Logan
Adolescent Confusion	490	(6)
Maya Angelou
The Tryout	496	(13)
Bob Greene
What Good Families Are Doing Right	509	(14)
Delores Curran
Education and Self-Improvement	523	(70)
Do It Better!	523	(11)
Ben Carson
Cecil Murphey
Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name	534	(8)
James Lincoln Collier
Old Before Her Time	542	(10)
Katherine Barrett
Let's Really Reform Our Schools	552	(8)
Anita Garland
Power Learning	560	(11)
Sheila Akers
Finding a Career and a Job: A No-Nonsense Guide	571	(13)
Ann McClintock
How to Think Clearly	584	(9)
Earl Ubell
Human Groups and Society	593	(44)
Television Changed My Family Forever	593	(7)
Linda Ellerbee
The Chase	600	(7)
Annie Dillard
Rudeness at the Movies	607	(7)
Bill Wine
People Need People	614	(9)
S. Leonard Syme
A Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath	623	(14)
Theresa Conroy
Christine M. Johnson
Acknowledgments	637	(2)
APPENDIX ANSWERS AND CHARTS	639	(2)
Preview	640	(1)
Answers to Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects	641	(4)
Charts	645	(5)
Index	650