English Skills with CD-ROM

This combined rhetoric/worktext is designed for basic skills writing courses that focus on the paragraph. English Skills features John Langans 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.


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Chapter for Non-Native Speakers: The Fifth Edition has a new chapter in the Sentence Skills section for non-native speakers. It is complete with exercises and activities.
The Internet: A revised and updated chapter on using the library includes helpful advice on using the internet.
Model Research Paper: This new paper follows the latest MLA guidelines and incorporates a variety of electronic sources.
More Process: A new chapter in Part One, The Writing Process, uses sample student paragraphs to demonstrate how prewriting and revision are essential parts of the act of writing, and a major new section on revising sentences has been added.


Table of contents


PART ONE: Basic Principles of Effective Writing
Preview
Chapter 1: 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
Chapter 2: The Writing Process
Prewriting
Writing a First Draft
Revising
Editing
Review Activities
Chapter 3: The First and Second Steps in Writing
Step 1: Begin With a Point
Step 2: Support the Point with Specific Evidence
Practice in Making and Supporting a Point
Chapter 4: The Third Step in Writing
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence
Chapter 5: The Fourth Step in Writing
Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences
Revising Sentences
Editing Sentences
Practice in Revising Sentences
Chapter 6: Four Bases for Revising Writing
Base 1: Unity
Base 2: Support
Base 3: Coherence
Base 4: Sentence Skills
Practice in Using the Four Bases
PART TWO: Paragraph Development
Preview
Chapter 7: Introduction to Paragraph Development
Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development
Important Considerations in Paragraph Development
Using a Computer
Using Peer Review
Doing a Personal Review
Chapter 8: Providing Examples
Chapter 9: Explaining a Process
Chapter 10: Examining Cause and Effect
Chapter 11: Comparing or Contrasting
Chapter 12: Defining a Term
Chapter 13: Dividing and Classifying
Chapter 14: Describing a Scene or Person
Chapter 15: Narrating an Event
Chapter 16: Arguing a Position
Chapter 17: Additional Paragraph Assignments
PART THREE: Essay Development
Preview
Chapter 18: Writing the Essay
What Is an Essay?
Important Points About the Essay
Essays to Consider
Planning the Essay
Essay Writing Assignments
PART FOUR: Special Skills
Preview
Chapter 19: Developing Key Study Skills
Chapter 20: Writing an Exam Essay
Chapter 21: Writing a Summary
Chapter 22: Writing a Report
Chapter 23: Writing a Resume and Job Application Letter
Chapter 24: Using the Library and the Internet
Chapter 25: Writing a Research Paper
PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills
Preview
Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test
Grammar
Chapter 26: Subjects and Verbs
Chapter 27: Sentence Sense
Chapter 28: Fragments
Chapter 29: Run-ons
Chapter 30: Standard English Verbs
Chapter 31: Irregular Verbs
Chapter 32: Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 33: Pronoun Agreement and Reference
Chapter 34: Pronoun Types
Chapter 35: Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 36: Misplaced Modifiers
Chapter 37: Dangling Modifiers
Mechanics
Chapter 38: Paper Format
Chapter 39: Capital Letters
Chapter 40: Numbers and Abbreviations
Punctuation
Chapter 41: Apostrophe
Chapter 42: Quotation Marks
Chapter 43: Comma
Chapter 44: Other Punctuation Marks
Word Use
Chapter 45: Using the Dictionary
Chapter 46: Improving Spelling
Chapter 47: Vocabulary Development
Chapter 48: Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 49: Effective Word Choice
Practice
Chapter 50: Combined Mastery Tests
Chapter 51: Editing Tests
Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
CHAPTER 52: ESL Pointers
APPENDIX: Answers and Charts
Preview
Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects
Charts
INDEX