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Title:
English skills
Personal Author:
Langan, John
Edition:
5th ed
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw-Hill, 1993
ISBN:
9780070363939
Subject Term:
English language -- Rhetoric

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Summary

This combined rhetoric/worktext is designed for basic skills writing courses that focus on the paragraph. English Skills features John Langan's clear explanations and his wide range of motivating activities and assignments that reinforce the Four Bases of Effective Writing : Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills.


Table of Contents

Part 1 Basic Principles of Effective Writing Preview
Chapter 1 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
Chapter 2 The Writing Process Prewriting Writing a First Draft Revising Editing Review Activities
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Writing
Step 1 Begin With a Point
Step 2 Support the Point with Specific Evidence Practice in Making and Supporting a Point
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Writing
Step 3 Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Writing
Step 4 Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Writing
Base 1 Unity
Base 2 Support
Base 3 Coherence
Base 4 Sentence Skills Practice in Using the Four Bases
Part 2 Paragraph Development Preview
Chapter 7 Introduction to Paragraph Development Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development Important Considerations in Paragraph Development Using a Computer Using Peer Review Doing a Personal Review
Chapter 8 Providing Examples
Chapter 9 Explaining a Process
Chapter 10 Examining Cause and Effect
Chapter 11 Comparing or Contrasting
Chapter 12 Defining a Term
Chapter 13 Dividing and Classifying
Chapter 14 Describing a Scene or Person
Chapter 15 Narrating an Event
Chapter 16 Arguing a Position
Chapter 17 Additional Paragraph Assignments
Part 3 Essay Development Preview
Chapter 18 Writing the Essay What Is an Essay? Important Points About the Essay Essays to Consider Planning the Essay Essay Writing Assignments
Part 4 Special Skills Preview
Chapter 19 Developing Key Study Skills
Chapter 20 Writing an Exam Essay
Chapter 21 Writing a Summary
Chapter 22 Writing a Report
Chapter 23 Writing a Resume and Job Application Letter
Chapter 24 Using the Library and the Internet
Chapter 25 Writing a Research Paper PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills Preview Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test Grammar
Chapter 26 Subjects and Verbs
Chapter 27 Sentence Sense
Chapter 28 Fragments
Chapter 29 Run-ons
Chapter 30 Standard English Verbs
Chapter 31 Irregular Verbs
Chapter 32 Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 33 Pronoun Agreement and Reference
Chapter 34 Pronoun Types
Chapter 35 Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 36 Misplaced Modifiers
Chapter 37 Dangling Modifiers Mechanics
Chapter 38 Paper Format
Chapter 39 Capital Letters
Chapter 40 Numbers and Abbreviations Punctuation
Chapter 41 Apostrophe
Chapter 42 Quotation Marks
Chapter 43 Comma
Chapter 44 Other Punctuation Marks Word Use
Chapter 45 Using the Dictionary
Chapter 46 Improving Spelling
Chapter 47 Vocabulary Development
Chapter 48 Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 49 Effective Word Choice Practice
Chapter 50 Combined Mastery Tests
Chapter 51 Editing Tests Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
Chapter 52 ESL Pointers
Appendix: Answers and Charts Preview Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects
Charts
Index