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    College Writing Skills by Langan, John;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 7
    • Publisher McGraw-Hill
    • Date of Publication 1 August 2007

    • ISBN 9780073384092
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages672 pages
    • Size 228x190x25 mm
    • Weight 1000 g
    • Language English
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    The seventh edition of John Langan's College Writing Skills focuses on the essay using Langan's renowned clear writing style, as well as his wide range of writing assignments and activities that reinforce the four bases of effective writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. For this new edition, John Langan has added a variety of fresh elements to his proven approach.

    The seventh edition of John Langan's College Writing Skills focuses on the essay using Langan's renowned clear writing style, as well as his wide range of writing assignments and activities that reinforce the four bases of effective writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. For this new edition, John Langan has added a variety of fresh elements to his proven approach.

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    Table of Contents:

    PART ONE: ESSAY WRITING

    CHAPTER 1: An Introduction to Writing

    Point and Support

    Structure of the Traditional Essay

    Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay

    Writing as a Skill

    Writing as a Process of Discovery

    Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others

    Keeping a Journal

    Using a Computer

    Review Activities

    Using This Text

    CHAPTER 2: The Writing Process

    Prewriting

    Writing a First Draft

    Revision

    Editing

    Review Activities

    CHAPTER 3: The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing

    Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis

    Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence

    Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis



    CHAPTER 4: The Third Step in Essay Writing

    Step3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence

    Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles

    Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence



    CHAPTER 5: The Fourth Step in Essay Writing

    Revising Sentences

    Editing Sentences

    Practice in Revising Sentences



    CHAPTER 6: Four Bases for Revising Essays

    Base 1: Unity

    Base 2: Support

    Base 3: Coherence

    Base 4: Sentence Skills

    Practice in Using the Four Bases



    PART TWO: PATTERNS OF ESSAY DEVELOPMENT

    CHAPTER 7: Introduction To Essay Development



    CHAPTER 8: Description

    Reading: Lou's Place, Beth Johnson



    CHAPTER 9: Narration

    Reading: The Yellow Ribbon, Pete Hamill



    CHAPTER 10: Examples

    Reading: Dad, Andrew H. Malcolm



    CHAPTER 11: Process

    Reading: How to Do Well On A Job Interview, Glenda Davis



    CHAPTER 12: Cause and Effect

    *Reading: Taming the Anger Monster, Anne Davidson



    CHAPTER 13: Comparison and Contrast

    *Reading: Born to Be Different? Camille Lewis



    CHAPTER 14: Definition

    Reading: Television Addiction, Marie Winn



    CHAPTER 15: Division and Classification

    Reading: Wait Divisions, Tom Bodett



    CHAPTER 16: Argument

    Reading: Ban The Things. Ban Them All., Molly Ivins



    PART THREE: SPECIAL SKILLS

    CHAPTER 17: Taking Essay Exams

    CHAPTER 18: Writing a Summary

    CHAPTER 19: Writing a Report

    CHAPTER 20: Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter

    CHAPTER 21: Using the Library and the Internet

    CHAPTER 22: Writing a Research Paper



    PART FOUR: HANDBOOK OF SENTENCE SKILLS

    GRAMMAR

    CHAPTER 23: Subjects and Verbs

    CHAPTER 24: Fragments

    CHAPTER 25: Run-ons

    CHAPTER 26: Regular and Irregular Verbs

    CHAPTER 27: Subject-Verb Agreement

    CHAPTER 28: Additional Information about Verbs

    CHAPTER 29: Pronoun Agreement and Reference

    CHAPTER 30: Pronoun Types

    CHAPTER 31: Adjectives and Adverbs

    CHAPTER 32: Misplaced Modifiers

    CHAPTER 33: Dangling Modifiers



    MECHANICS

    CHAPTER 34: Manuscript Form

    CHAPTER 35: Capital Letters

    CHAPTER 36: Numbers and Abbreviations



    PUNCTUATION

    CHAPTER 37: Apostrophe

    CHAPTER 38: Quotation Marks

    CHAPTER 39: Comma

    CHAPTER 40: Other Punctuation Marks



    WORD USE

    CHAPTER 41: Spelling Improvement

    CHAPTER 42: Commonly Confused Words

    CHAPTER 43: Effective Word Choice

    CHAPTER 44: Editing Tests

    CHAPTER 45: ESL Pointers

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