TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langan,John
TI  - College writing skills, media edition
SN  - 0072818921 (pbk.)
U1  - 808.042 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Report writing
N1  - 1 CD-ROM : Student CD-ROM to accompany College writing skills and College writing skills with Readings, 5th ed. [by] John Langan.  ISBN 0072423544; 1 user's guide : John Langan's college writing skills : the media edition : user's guide. 5th ed., [by] John Langan.  ISBN 007281893X part of 0072836504; Includes index; To the Instructor.  - Pt.  One : Eassay Writing.  1.  An Introduction to Writing.  2.  The Writing Process. 3.  The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing.  4.  The Third Step in Essay Writing.  5.  The Fourth Step in Essay Writing.  6.  Four Bases for Revising Essays.  - Pt.  Two : Patterns of Essay Development.  7.  Introduction to Essay Development.  8.  Description.  9.  Narration.  10.  Examples. 11.  Process.  12.  Cause and Effect.  13.  Comparison and Contrast.  14.  Definition.  15.  Division and Classification. 16.  Argumentation.  - Pt.  Three : Special Skills.  17.  Taking Essay Exams.  18. Writing a Summary.  19.  Writing a Report.  20. Writing a Resume and Job Application Letter.  21. Using the Library and the Internet.  22.  Writing a Research Paper.  - Pt.  Four : Handbook of Sentence Skills.  Grammar.  23.  Subjects and Verbs.  24.  Fragments.  25.  Run-Ons.  26.  Regular and Irregular Verbs.  27.  Subject-Verb Agreement.  28.  Additional Infomation about Verbs.  29. Pronoun Agreement and Reference.  30.  Pronoun Types.  31.  Adjectives and Adverbs.  32.  Misplaced Modifiers.  33.  Dangling Modifiers.  Mechanics.  34.  Manuscript Form.  35.  Capital Letters.  36.  Numbers and Abbreviations. Punctuation.  37.  Apostrophe.  38.  Quotation Marks.  39. Comma.  40.  Other Punctuation Marks.  Word Use.  41.  Spelling Improvement.  42.  Commonly Confused Words.  43.  Effective Word Choice.  44.  Editing Tests.  45.  ESL Pointers
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