An edition of College writing skills with readings
(2005)
College writing skills with readings
4th Canadian ed.
by Langan, John
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Table of Contents
Pt. 1. Essay writing
ch. 1. An introduction to writing
ch. 2. The writing process
ch. 3. The first and second steps in essay writing
ch. 4. The third step in essay writing
ch. 5. The fourth step in essay writing
ch. 6. Four bases for revising essays
pt. 2. Patterns of essay development
ch. 7. Introduction to essay development
ch. 8. Narration
ch. 9. Description
ch. 10. Examples
ch. 11. Process
ch. 12. Cause and effect
ch. 13. Comparison and contrast
ch. 14. Definition
ch. 15. Division and classification
ch. 16. Argumentation
pt. 3. Special skills
ch. 17. Learning skills and essay exams
ch. 18. Writing a summary
ch. 19. Writing a review
ch. 20. Research skills
ch. 21. Writing a research paper
pt. 4. Handbook of sentence skills
Grammar
ch. 22. Subjects and verbs
ch. 23. Fragments
ch. 24. Run-ons
ch. 25. Regular and irregular verbs
ch. 26. Subject-verb agreement
ch. 27. Additional information about verbs
ch. 28. Pronoun agreement and reference
ch. 29. Pronoun types
ch. 30. Adjectives and adverbs
ch. 31. Misplaced modifiers
ch. 32. Dangling modifiers
Mechanics
ch. 33. Manuscript form
ch. 34. Capital letters
ch. 35. Numbers and abbreviations
Punctuation
ch. 36. Apostrophe
ch. 37. Quotation marks
ch. 38. Comma
ch. 39. Other punctuation marks
Word use
ch. 40. Commonly confused words
ch. 41. Effective word choice
ch. 42. ESL pointers
ch. 43. Editing tests
pt. 5. Readings for writing
ch. 44. Introduction to the readings
Looking inward
Shame / Dick Gregory
Smash thy neighbor / John McMurtry
My body is my own business / Naheed Mustafa
Three passions / Bertrand Russell
Wait divisions / Tom Bodett
How to do well on a job interview / Glenda Davis
Observing others
He was a boxer when I was small / Lenore Keeshig-Tobias
Where the world began / Margaret Laurence
Why are students turned off? / Casey Banas
Sometimes the words don't come / Jeannie Marshall
The monster / Deems Taylor
The greatest story never told / Bob McKeown
Davy Crockett, Ookpiks and mink / Jeanne Beker
Considering concepts
Here's to your health / Joan Dunayer
Coffee / Alan Durning
How to make it in college, now that you're here / Brian O'Keeney
In praise of the F word / Mary Sherry
The pain of animals / David Suzuki
Detecting lies / Eric Schlosser
Choose your battles / Andrew Clark
Sex, lies, and conversation / Deborah Tannen.
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Includes index.
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