College Writing Skills/ John Langan.

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 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
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Description
A Professional Essay to Consider
READING: Louis Place, Beth Johnson

Chapter 9 Narration
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Narration
A Professional Essay to Consider
READING: The Yellow Ribbon, Pete Hamill

Chapter 10 Exemplification
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Exemplification
A Professional Essay to Consider
READING: Dad, Andrew H. Malcolm

Chapter 11 Process
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Process
A Professional Essay to Consider
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview, Glenda Davis

Chapter 12 Cause and Effect
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Cause and Effect
A Professional Essay to Consider
READING: Taming the Anger Monster, Anne Davidson

Chapter 13 Comparison or Contrast
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Comparison or Contrast
A Professional Essay to Consider
READING: Born to Be Different?, Camille Lewis

Chapter 14 Definition
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Definition
A Professional Essay to Consider
READING: Television Addiction, Marie Winn

Chapter 15 Division-Classification
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Division-Classification
A Professional Essay to Consider
READING: Wait Divisions, Tom Bodett

Chapter 16 Argument
Student Essays to Consider
Developing an Essay with Emphasis on Argument
A Professional Essay to Consider
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