English Skills

Name: English Skills
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ISBN: 9780073384108

ISBN-10: 0073384100

ISBN-13: 9780073384108

Edition: 9th 2008

Authors: John Langan

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The ninth edition of "English Skills" features John Langan's trademark crystal-clear explanations, along with his range of motivating activities and writing assignments that reinforce the four bases of effectve writing: unity, support, coherence, and sentence skills. The new edition adds a variety of exciting new features to John Langan's proven approach, and reinstates much-requested material from previous editions.

Book details

List price: $102.67
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 7/16/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



To the Instructor



Basic Principles of Effective Writing



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



The Writing Process Prewriting Writing a First Draft Revising Editing Review Activities



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 ofSpecificDetails The Importance ofAdequateDetails Practice in Making and Supporting a Point



The Third Step in Writing Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence



The Fourth Step in Writing Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences



Four Bases for Revising Writing



Unity



Support



Coherence



Sentence Skills Practice in Using the Four Bases



Paragraph Development



Introduction to Paragraph Development Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development Important Considerations in Paragraph Development Using a Computer Using Peer Review Doing a Personal Review



Exemplification



Process



Cause and Effect



Comparison and Contrast



Definition



Division and Classification



Description



Narration



Argument



Additional Paragraph Assignments



Essay Development



Writing the Essay What Is an Essay? Important Points About the Essay Essays to Consider Planning the Essay Practice in Writing the Essay Essay Writing Assignments



Research Skills



Using the Library and the Internet



Writing a Research Paper



Handbook of Sentence Skills Preview Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test Section I: GRAMMAR



Subjects and Verbs



Sentence Sense



Fragments



Run-Ons



Standard English Verbs



Irregular Verbs



Subject-Verb Agreement



Pronoun Agreement and Reference



Pronoun Types



Adjectives and Adverbs



Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Section II: MECHANICS3



Paper Format



Capital Letters



Numbers and Abbreviations Section III: PUNCTUATION



Apostrophe



Quotation Marks



Comma



Other Punctuation Marks Section IV: WORD USE



Using the Dictionary



Improving Spelling



Vocabulary Development



Commonly Confused Words



Effective Word Choice



ESL Pointers Section V: PRACTICE



Combined Mastery Tests



Editing Tests Sentence-Skills Achievement Test Reading Comprehension Chart


Appendix: Answers and Charts Preview


Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic


Test and Introductory Projects


Charts


Acknowledgments


Index