Title:
College writing skills
Author:
Langan, John, 1942-
ISBN:
9780072283228
9780071169950
9780071183253
Personal Author:
Edition:
5th ed.
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw-Hill, ©2000.
Physical Description:
x, 582 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Essay writing. An introduction to writing -- The writing process -- The first and second steps in essay writing -- The third step in essay writing -- The fourth step in essay writing -- Four bases for revising -- Patterns of essay development. -- Introduction to essay development -- Description -- Narration -- Examples -- Process -- Cause and effect -- Comparison and contrast -- Definition -- Division and classification -- Argumentation -- Special skills. Taking essay exams -- Writing a summary -- Writing a report -- Writing a résumé and job application letter -- Using the library and the inernet -- Writing a research paper -- Handbook of sentence skills. Grammar: Subjects and verbs -- Fragments -- Run-ons -- Regular and irregular verbs -- Subject-verb agreement -- Additional information about verbs -- Pronoun agreement and reference -- Pronoun types -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Misplaced modifiers -- Dangling modifiers -- Mechanics: Manuscript form -- Capital letters -- Numbers and applications -- Punctuation: Apostrophe -- Quotation Marks -- Comma -- Other punctuation marks -- Word use: Spelling improvement -- Commonly confused words -- Effective word choice -- Editing tests -- ESL pointers.
Abstract:
Designed to help students master essay writing, this work provides a wide variety of assignments and activities, both structured and open-ended. It focuses on the four essentials of writing - unity, support, coherence and sentence skills - as keys to effective writing.