English Skills with Readings

by Langan, John

• ISBN13: 9780073384115
• ISBN10: 0073384119
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-17
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

The new seventh edition ofEnglish Skills with Readingsfeatures John Langan's trademark crystal-clear explanations, along with his range of motivating activities and writing assignments that reinforce the four bases of effective writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. This edition of the book adds a variety of exciting new features to John Langan's proven approach, and reinstates much-requested materials 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 Base 1: Unity Base 2: Support Base 3: Coherence Base 4: 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: MECHANICS

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

Readings for Writers Introduction to the Readings Goals and Values All the Good Things

Mrosla Rowing the Bus

The Scholarship Jacket

A Cool Man

The First, the Clay, and the Rock

What Good Families Are Doing Right

Education and Self-Improvement Do It Better!

M.D. with Cecil Murphey Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name

Collier Let''s Really Reform Our Schools

How They Get You to Do That

Dealing with Feelings

Extra-Large, Please

Human Groups and Society The Most Hateful Words

The Storyteller

Rudeness at the Movies

Bullies in School

From Father to Son, Last Words to Live By

A Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath

Reading Comprehension Chart

Answers and Charts Preview Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects Charts

A Writer''s Journal

Acknowledgments

Index

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