College Writing Skills with Readings, Ninth Edition, Table of Contents
College Writing Skills with Readings, Ninth Edition, John Langan
Preface xxii
Part 1: Essay Writing 1
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Writing 2 (20)
Point and Support 3
Structure of the Traditional Essay 6
Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay 11
Writing as a Skill 11
Writing as a Process of Discovery 12
Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others 13
Keeping a Journal 14
Tips on Using a Computer 15
Review Activities 17
Using This Text 20
Chapter 2 The Writing Process 22 (27)
Prewriting 23
Writing a First Draft 31
Revising 33
Editing 35
Review Activities 38
Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50 (33)
Step 1: Begin with a Point, or Thesis 51
Step 2: Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence 60
Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis 67
Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83 (27)
Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence 84
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 94
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence 102
Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110 (34)
Revising Sentences 111
Editing Sentences 130
Practice in Revising Sentences 133
Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144 (30)
Base 1: Unity 145
Base 2: Support 148
Base 3: Coherence 152
Base 4: Sentence Skills 155
Practice in Using the Four Bases 159
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174 (8)
Important Considerations in Essay Development 175
Patterns of Essay Development 180
FD1 – Chapter 8 Description 182 (21)
READING: Lou’s Place by Beth Johnson 192
Chapter 9 Narration 203 (19)
READING: The Yellow Ribbon by Pete Hamill 214
Chapter 10 Exemplification 222 (20)
READING: Dad by Andrew H. Malcolm 233
FD2 – Chapter 11 Process 242 (18)
READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview by Glenda Davis 251
FD3 – Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260 (21)
READING: Taming the Anger Monster by Anne Davidson 269
FD 4 – Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281 (23)
READING: Born to Be Different? by Camille Lewis 293
Chapter 14 Definition 304 (21)
READING: Television Addiction by Marie Winn 313
Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325 (18)
READING: Wait Divisions by Tom Bodett 334
FD5 – Chapter 16 Argument 343 (17)
READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. by Molly Ivins 356
Part 3: Special Skills 365
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366 (9)
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 375
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 387
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 392
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 399
Using the Library 400
Using the Internet 407
Practice in Using the Library and the Internet 411
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
Model Paper 427
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
SECTION 1: Grammar 440
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441 (6)
Chapter 24 Fragments 447 (13)
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460 (13)
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473 (11)
Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484 (6)
Words between Subject and Verb 485
Verb before Subject 485
Compound Subjects 486
Indefinite Pronouns 487
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490 (4)
Verb Tense 490
Helping Verbs 491
Verbals 492
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494 (6)
Pronoun Agreement 495
Pronoun Reference 497
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500 (6)
Subject and Object Pronouns 500
Possessive Pronouns 504
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507 (7)
Adjectives 507
Adverbs 509
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513 (4)
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517 (4)
SECTION 2: Mechanics 522
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523 (3)
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526 (8)
Main Uses of Capital Letters 526
Other Uses of Capital Letters 529
Unnecessary Use of Capitals 532
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534 (4)
Numbers 535
Abbreviations 536
SECTION 3: Punctuation 538
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539 (7)
Apostrophe in Contractions 540
Apostrophe to Show Ownership or Possession 541
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546 (8)
Chapter 39 Comma 554 (10)
Six Main Uses of the Comma 554
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564 (5)
Colon (:) 564
Semicolon (;) 565
Dash (-) 565
Parentheses () 566
Hyphen (-) 567
SECTION 4: Word Use 569
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570 (5)
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575 (10)
Homonyms 575
Other Words Frequently Confused 580
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585 (7)
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592 (7)
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605 (15)
Articles with Count and Noncount Nouns 606
Subjects and Verbs 610
Adjectives 615
Prepositions Used for Time and Place 617
Correction Symbols 620
Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
Introduction to the Readings 622
Looking Inward 627
from Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson 627
Three Passions, Bertrand Russell 632
Shame, Dick Gregory 636
I Became Her Target, Roger Wilkins 643
Stepping into the Light, Tanya Savory 650
A Hanging, George Orwell 658
What Your Closet Reveals About You, Amy Tan 667
Observing Others 674
The Professor Is a Dropout, Beth Johnson 674
The Certainty of Fear, Audra Kendall 684
What’s Wrong with Schools? Teacher Plays Student,Learns to Lie and Cheat, Casey Banas 691
Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising,Ann McClintock 697
Confronting Problems 707
Chief Seattle’s Speech of 1854, Chief Seattle 707
Single-Sex Schools: An Old Idea Whose Time Has Come,Diane Urbina 715
Here’s to Your Health, Joan Dunayer 722
Mayor of Rust, Sue Halpern 728
How to Make It in College, Now That You’re Here,Brian O’Keeney 739
College Lectures: Is Anybody Listening?, David Daniels 748
Is Sex All That Matters?, Joyee Garity 755
Reading Comprehension Chart 763
Credits C-1
Index I-1
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-14
Suggested Answers to the Discussion Questions in Parts IG-20
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