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English Skills

by: LANGAN

English Skills

by: LANGAN

ISBN 13:
9780072381276
ISBN 10:
0072381272
Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/01/2000
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL PUBL CO
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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.

To the Instructor

Part One: Basic Principles of Effective Writing

(158)

Preview

(1)

An Introduction to Writing

(14)

Understanding Point and Support

(3)

An Overview: How the Book Is Organized

(2)

Benefits of Paragraph Writing

(1)

Writing as a Skill

(2)

Writing as a Process of Discovery

(1)

Keeping a Journal

(2)

Using This Text

(2)

The Writing Process

(30)

Prewriting

(8)

Writing a First Draft

(1)

Revising

(4)

Editing

(1)

Review Activities

(16)

The First and Second Steps in Writing

(32)

Begin with a Point

(2)

Support the Point with Specific Evidence

(8)

Practice in Making and Supporting a Point

(22)

The Third Step in Writing

(18)

Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence

(9)

Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence

(9)

The Fourth Step in Writing

(34)

Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences

(1)

Revising Sentences

(17)

Editing Sentences

114

(3)

Practice in Revising Sentences

117

(14)

Four Bases for Revising Writing

131

(28)

Unity

132

(2)

Support

134

(2)

Coherence

136

(2)

Sentence Skills

138

(4)

Practice in Using the Four Bases

142

(17)

Part Two: Paragraph Development

159

(132)

Preview

160

(1)

Introduction to Paragraph Development

161

(10)

Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development

161

(1)

Important Considerations in Paragraph Development

162

(2)

Using a Computer

164

(3)

Using Peer Review

167

(2)

Doing a Persona) Review

169

(2)

Providing Examples

171

(12)

Explaining a Process

183

(12)

Examining Cause and Effect

195

(10)

Comparing or Contrasting

205

(16)

Defining a Term

221

(10)

Dividing and Classifying

231

(12)

Describing a Scene or Person

243

(14)

Narrating an Event

257

(12)

Arguing a Position

269

(12)

Additional Paragraph Assignments

281

(10)

Part Three: Essay Development

291

(28)

Preview

292

(1)

Writing the Essay

293

(26)

What Is an Essay?

293

(3)

Important Points about the Essay

296

(4)

Essays to Consider

300

(4)

Planning the Essay

304

(2)

Essay Writing Assignments

306

(13)

Part Four: Special Skills

319

(84)

Preview

320

(1)

Developing Key Study Skills

321

(14)

Writing an Exam Essay

335

(8)

Writing a Summary

343

(6)

Writing a Report

349

(6)

Writing a Resume and Job Application Letter

355

(6)

Using the Library and the Internet

361

(18)

Writing a Research Paper

379

(24)

Part Five: Handbook of Sentence Skills

403

(224)

Preview

404

(1)

Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test

405

(6)

Grammar

Subjects and Verbs

411

(5)

Sentence Sense

416

(3)

Fragments

419

(16)

Run-Ons

435

(15)

Standard English Verbs

450

(9)

Irregular Verbs

459

(9)

Subject-Verb Agreement

468

(7)

Pronoun Agreement and Reference

475

(7)

Pronoun Types

482

(6)

Adjectives and Adverbs

488

(5)

Misplaced Modifiers

493

(4)

Dangling Modifiers

497

(5)

Mechanics

Paper Format

502

(5)

Capital Letters

507

(9)

Numbers and Abbreviations

516

(3)

Punctuation

Apostrophe

519

(9)

Quotation Marks

528

(7)

Comma

535

(10)

Other Punctuation Marks

545

(5)

Word Use

Using the Dictionary

550

(9)

Improving Spelling

559

(7)

Vocabulary Development

566

(3)

Commonly Confused Words

569

(10)

Effective Word Choice

579

(6)

Practice

Combined Mastery Tests

585

(8)

Editing Tests

593

(19)

Sentence-Skills Achievement Test

606

(6)

ESL Pointers

612

(15)

Appendix: Answers and Charts

627

(1)

Preview

628

(1)

Answers to Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects

629

(3)

Charts

632

(4)

Index

636

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