English Skills with Readings

English Skills with Readings

          
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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:
PART ONE: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE WRITING1. An Introduction to Writing 2. The Writing Process3. The First and Second Steps in WritingStep 1: Begin with a PointStep 2: Support the Point with Specific Evidence, Practice in Making and Supporting a Point 4. The Third Step in WritingStep 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence, Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence5. The Fourth Step in WritingStep 4: Write Clear, Error-Free SentencesRevising SentencesEditing SentencesPractice in Revising Sentences6.Four Bases for Revising WritingBase 1: UnityBase 2: SupportBase 3: CoherenceBase 4: Sentence SkillsPractice in Using the Four BasesPART TWO: PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT7. Introduction to Paragraph Development8. Providing Examples9. Explaining a Process10. Examining Cause and Effect11. Comparing or Contrasting12. Defining a Term13. Dividing and Classifying14. Describing a Scene or Person15. Narrating an Event16. Arguing a PositionPART THREE: ESSAY DEVELOPMENT17. Writing the EssayWhat Is an Essay?Important Points about the EssayEssays to ConsiderPlanning the EssayWriting an Exam EssayEssay Writing AssignmentsPART FOUR: RESEARCH SKILLS.18. Using the Library and the Internet19. Writing a Research PaperPART FIVE: HANDBOOK OF SENTENCE SKILLS Grammar20. Subjects and Verbs21. Sentence Sense22. Fragments23. Run-Ons24. Standard English Verbs25. Irregular Verbs26. Subject-Verb Agreement27. Pronoun Agreement and Reference28. Pronoun Types29. Adjectives and Adverbs30. Misplaced Modifiers31. Dangling ModifiersMechanics32. Paper Format33. Capital Letters34. Numbers and AbbreviationsPunctuation35. Apostrophe36. Quotation Marks37. Comma38. Other Punctuation MarksWord Use39. Using the Dictionary40. Improving Spelling41. Vocabulary Development43. Commonly Confused Words44. Effective Word Choice45. ESL PointersPractice46. Combined Mastery Tests47. Editing TestsSentence-Skills Achievement TestPART SIX: SEVENTEEN READING SELECTIONSIntroduction to the ReadingsGoals and ValuesAll the Good Things by Sister Helen MroslaRowing the Bus by Paul LoganFifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow WongAdolescent Confusion by Maya AngelouTickets to Nowhere by Andy RooneyWhat Good Families Are Doing Right by Delores CurranEducation and Self-ImprovementDo It Better! by Ben Carson, M.D. with Cecil MurpheyAnxiety: Challenge by Another Name by James Lincoln CollierOld Before Her Time by Katherine BarrettLet's Really Reform Our Schools by Anita GarlandHow They Get You to Do That by Janny ScottDealing with Feelings by Rudolph F. VerderberHuman Groups and SocietyTelevision Changed My Family Forever by Linda EllerbeeRudeness at the Movies by Bill WineBullies in School by Kathleen BergerPeople Need People by S. Leonard SymeA Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath by Theresa Conroy and Christine M. Johnson Appendix: Answers and ChartsAnswers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects ChartsAcknowledgmentsIndex


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780071121217
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Publisher Imprint: McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 768
  • Weight: 1134 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0071121218
  • Publisher Date: 16 Sep 2001
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 188 mm


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