TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langan,John
TI  - College writing skills with readings.
SN  - 0072871326 (student edition : acidfree paper)
AV  - PE1408.L22 
U1  - 808/.042/0711 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Boston
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Grammar
KW  - College readers
KW  - Report writing
N1  - Includes index; Contents: Essay writing: An Introduction to writing -- The Writing process -- The First and second steps in essay writing -- The Thrid step in essay writing -- The Fourth step in essay writing -- Four bases for revising essays -- Patterns of essay development: Introduction  to essay development -- Description -- Narration -- Examples -- Process -- Cause and effect -- Comparison and contrast -- Definition -- Division and classification -- Argumentation -- Special skills: Taking essay exams -- Writing a summary -- Writing a report -- Writing a resume and job application letter -- Using the library and the internet -- Writing a research paper -- Handbook of sentence skills: Subjects and verbs -- Fragments -- Run-ons -- Regular and irregular verbs -- Subject-verb agreement -- Additional information about verbs -- Pronoun agreement and reference -- Pronoun types -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Misplaced modifiers -- Dangling modifiers -- Mechanics -- Punctuation -- Word use -- Readings for writing: Introduction to the readings -- Looking inward -- Observing others -- Confronting problems
ER  -