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English Skills with Readings by John Langan (2005, CD-ROM / Trade Paperback, Student edition,Revised edition)

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Designed for developmental writing courses that focus on paragraph writing skills in preparation for essay writing. This work features the author's explanations and his wide range of activities and writing assignments that reinforce the Four Bases of Effective Writing: Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills.

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PublisherMcGraw-Hill Higher Education

ISBN-100073215171

ISBN-139780073215174

eBay Product ID (ePID)46464920

Product Key Features

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEnglish Skills with Readings

Publication Year2005

SubjectWriting Skills, Rhetoric

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaRéférence, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorJohn Langan

FormatCD-ROM / Trade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight40.8 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width7.3 in

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Edition Number6

Dewey Edition23

Target AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Decimal808/.0427

Edition DescriptionBeginner Edition,Revised Edition

Table of ContentReadings Listed by Rhetorical Mode To the Instructor PART ONE: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE WRITING Preview 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 2. The Writing Process Prewriting Writing a First Draft Revising Editing Review Activities 3. 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 of Specific Details The Importance of Adequate Details Practice in Making and Supporting a Point 4. The Third Step in Writing Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 5. The Fourth Step in Writing Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences 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 TWO: PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT Preview 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 8. Providing Examples 9. Explaining a Process 10. Examining Cause and Effect 11. Comparing or Contrasting 12. Defining a Term 13. Dividing and Classifying 14. Describing a Scene or Person 15. Narrating an Event 16. Arguing a Position PART THREE: ESSAY DEVELOPMENT Preview 17. Additional Paragraph Assignments 18. Writing the Essay What Is an Essay? Important Points about the Essay Essays to Consider Planning the Essay Practice in Writing the Essay Essay Assignments PART FOUR: A QUICK GUIDE TO RESEARCH Preview 19. A Quick Guide to Research PART FIVE: HANDBOOK OF SENTENCE SKILLS Preview Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test Grammar 20. Subjects and Verbs 21. Sentence Sense 22. Fragments 23. Run-Ons 24. Standard English Verbs 25. Irregular Verbs 26. Subject-Verb Agreement 27. Pronoun Agreement and Reference 28. Pronoun Types 29. Adjectives and Adverbs 30. Misplaced Modifiers 31. Dangling Modifiers Mechanics 32. Paper Format 33. Capital Letters 34. Numbers and Abbreviations Punctuation 35. Apostrophe 36. Quotation Marks 37. Comma 38. Other Punctuation Marks Word Use 39. Using the Dictionary 40. Improving Spelling 41. Vocabulary Development 43. Commonly Confused Words 44. Effective Word Choice 45. ESL Pointers Practice 46. Combined Mastery Tests 47. Editing Tests Sentence-Skills Achievement Test PART SIX: SEVENTEEN READING SELECTIONS Preview Introduction to the Readings Goals and Values All the Good Things by Sister Helen Mrosla Rowing the Bus by Paul Logan The Scholarship Jacket by Marta Salinas Joe Davis: A Cool Man by Beth Johnson Tickets to Nowhere by Andy Rooney What Good Families Are Doing Right by Delores Curran Education and Self-Improvement Do It Better! by Ben Carson, M.D. with Cecil Murphey Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name by James Lincoln Collier Old Before Her Time by Katherine Barrett Let's Really Reform Our Schools by Anita Garland How They Get You to Do That by Janny Scott Dealing with Feelings by Rudolph F. Verderber Human Groups and Society The Most Hateful Words by Amy Tan The Storyteller, Adapted from H.H. Munro ("Saki") Rudeness at the Movies by Bill Wine Bullies in School by Kathleen Berge