College Writing Skills 9E John Langan 9781259072093

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
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences

Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 

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-ClassificationA 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 Resume 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