College Writing Skills

✍ Scribed by John Langan

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 674
• Edition: 8
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

College Writing Skills offers students a practical guide to becoming better writers. From mastering the traditional five-paragraph essay and its variations to learning about the finer points of grammar and punctuation,College Writing Skills empowers students to take control of their writing and put it to work for them. Now, with the new online writing programConnect Writing and the soon-to-come Connect Langan, an online interactive version ofCollege Writing Skills, this new eighth edition brings writing closer to students and helps to take them where they need to go. Whether online or in class,College Writing Skills offers students the tools to succeed.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
About the Author
Table of Contents
To the Instructor
Part 1: 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
Tips on Using a Computer
Review Activities
Using This Text
Chapter 2: The Writing Process
Prewriting
Writing a First Draft
Revising
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
Step 3: 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 2: Patterns of Essay Development
Chapter 7: Introduction to Essay Development
Important Considerations in Essay Development
Patterns of Essay Development
Chapter 8: Description
READING: Lou’s Place Beth Johnson
Chapter 9: Narration
READING: The Yellow Ribbon Pete Hamill
Chapter 10: Exemplification
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 or Contrast
READING: Born to Be Different? Camille Lewis
Chapter 14: Definition
READING: Television Addiction Marie Winn
Chapter 15: Division-Classification
READING: Wait Divisions Tom Bodett
Chapter 16: Argument
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. Molly Ivins
Part 3: 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 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills
Section 1: 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
Section 2: Mechanics
Chapter 34: Manuscript Form
Chapter 35: Capital Letters
Chapter 36: Numbers and Abbreviations
Section 3: Punctuation
Chapter 37: Apostrophe
Chapter 38: Quotation Marks
Chapter 39: Comma
Chapter 40: Other Punctuation Marks
Section 4: Word Use
Chapter 41: Spelling Improvement
Chapter 42: Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 43: Effective Word Choice
Chapter 44: Editing Tests
Chapter 45: ESL Pointers
Correction Symbols
Credits
Index