English skills /
Langan, John
English skills / John Langan - Boston : McGraw Hill, c2006 . - xvi , 604 p . : ill. ; 24 cm .
Contents
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 Reinforcing Point and Support The Importance of Specific Details The Importance of Adequate Details 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 PART THREE: Essay Development Preview
Chapter 17: Additional Paragraph Assignments
Chapter 18: Writing the Essay What Is an Essay? Important Points About the Essay Essays to Consider Planning the Essay Practice in Writing the Essay Essay Assignments PART FOUR: A Quick Guide to Research Preview
Chapter 19: A Quick Guide to Research PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills Preview Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test GRAMMAR
Chapter 20: Subjects and Verbs
Chapter 21: Sentence Sense
Chapter 22: Fragments
Chapter 23: Run-Ons
Chapter 24: Standard English Verbs
Chapter 25: Irregular Verbs
Chapter 26: Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 27: Pronoun Agreement and Reference
Chapter 28: Pronoun Types
Chapter 29: Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 30: Misplaced Modifiers
Chapter 31: Dangling Modifiers MECHANICS
Chapter 32: Paper Format
Chapter 33: Capital Letters
Chapter 34: Numbers and Abbreviations PUNCTUATION
Chapter 35: Apostrophe
Chapter 36: Quotation Marks
Chapter 37: Comma
Chapter 38: Other Punctuation Marks WORD USE
Chapter 39: Using the Dictionary
Chapter 40: Improving Spelling
Chapter 41: Vocabulary Development
Chapter 42: Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 43: Effective Word Choice
Chapter 44: ESL Pointers PRACTICE
Chapter 45: Combined Mastery Tests
Chapter 46: Editing Tests Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
Includes Index : p .595 - 604
0072962763 0072962771 9780073210414
English
420 / LAN
English skills / John Langan - Boston : McGraw Hill, c2006 . - xvi , 604 p . : ill. ; 24 cm .
Contents
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 Reinforcing Point and Support The Importance of Specific Details The Importance of Adequate Details 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 PART THREE: Essay Development Preview
Chapter 17: Additional Paragraph Assignments
Chapter 18: Writing the Essay What Is an Essay? Important Points About the Essay Essays to Consider Planning the Essay Practice in Writing the Essay Essay Assignments PART FOUR: A Quick Guide to Research Preview
Chapter 19: A Quick Guide to Research PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills Preview Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test GRAMMAR
Chapter 20: Subjects and Verbs
Chapter 21: Sentence Sense
Chapter 22: Fragments
Chapter 23: Run-Ons
Chapter 24: Standard English Verbs
Chapter 25: Irregular Verbs
Chapter 26: Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 27: Pronoun Agreement and Reference
Chapter 28: Pronoun Types
Chapter 29: Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 30: Misplaced Modifiers
Chapter 31: Dangling Modifiers MECHANICS
Chapter 32: Paper Format
Chapter 33: Capital Letters
Chapter 34: Numbers and Abbreviations PUNCTUATION
Chapter 35: Apostrophe
Chapter 36: Quotation Marks
Chapter 37: Comma
Chapter 38: Other Punctuation Marks WORD USE
Chapter 39: Using the Dictionary
Chapter 40: Improving Spelling
Chapter 41: Vocabulary Development
Chapter 42: Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 43: Effective Word Choice
Chapter 44: ESL Pointers PRACTICE
Chapter 45: Combined Mastery Tests
Chapter 46: Editing Tests Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
Includes Index : p .595 - 604
0072962763 0072962771 9780073210414
English
420 / LAN