College writing skills
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College writing skills
McGraw-Hill, 2014
9th ed., international ed
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"This international student edition is for use outside the U.S."--Cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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 Connect Writing and Connect Langan, an online interactive version of College Writing Skills, this new ninth 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
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 WritingStep 3: Organize and Connect the Specific EvidenceIntroductions, Conclusions, and TitlesPractice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Revising SentencesEditing 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 Student Essays to ConsiderDeveloping an Essay with Emphasis on DescriptionA Professional Essay to ConsiderREADING: Louis Place, Beth Johnson
Chapter 9 Narration Student Essays to ConsiderDeveloping an Essay with Emphasis on NarrationA Professional Essay to ConsiderREADING: The Yellow Ribbon, Pete Hamill
Chapter 10 Exemplification Student Essays to ConsiderDeveloping an Essay with Emphasis on ExemplificationA Professional Essay to ConsiderREADING: Dad, Andrew H. Malcolm
Chapter 11 Process Student Essays to ConsiderDeveloping an Essay with Emphasis on ProcessA Professional Essay to ConsiderREADING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview, Glenda Davis
Chapter 12 Cause and Effect Student Essays to ConsiderDeveloping an Essay with Emphasis on Cause and EffectA Professional Essay to ConsiderREADING: Taming the Anger Monster, Anne Davidson
Chapter 13 Comparison or ContrastStudent Essays to ConsiderDeveloping an Essay with Emphasis on Comparison or ContrastA Professional Essay to ConsiderREADING: Born to Be Different?, Camille Lewis
Chapter 14 Definition Student Essays to ConsiderDeveloping an Essay with Emphasis on DefinitionA Professional Essay to ConsiderREADING: Television Addiction, Marie Winn
Chapter 15 Division-ClassificationStudent Essays to ConsiderDeveloping an Essay with Emphasis on Division-ClassificationA Professional Essay to ConsiderREADING: Wait Divisions, Tom Bodett
Chapter 16 Argument Student Essays to ConsiderDeveloping an Essay with Emphasis on ArgumentA Professional Essay to ConsiderREADING: 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 Resume 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 ModifiersChapter 33 Dangling Modifiers
SECTION 2: Mechanics Chapter 34 Manuscript Form Chapter 35 Capital Letters Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations
SECTION 3: Punctuation Chapter 37 ApostropheChapter 38 Quotation Marks Chapter 39 Comma Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks
SECTION 4: Word UseChapter 41 Spelling Improvement Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice Chapter 44 Editing Tests Chapter 45 ESL Pointers Correction Symbols
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