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College Writing Skills offers students a practical guide to becoming better writers. From mastering the traditional five-paragraph essay and its variations to learning about the finer points of grammar and punctuation, College Writing Skills empowers students to take control of their writing and put it to work for them. Now, with the new online writing program Connect Writing and the soon-to-come Connect Langan , an online interactive version of College Writing Skills , this new eighth edition brings writing closer to students and helps to take them where they need to go. Whether online or in class, College Writing Skills offers students the tools to succeed.

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• Readings Listed by Rhetorical Mode(p. xvii)
• To the Instructor(p. xxi)
• Part 1 Essay Writing(p. 1)
• Chapter 1 An Introduction to Writing(p. 2)
• Point and Support(p. 3)
• Structure of the Traditional Essay(p. 7)
• Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay(p. 11)
• Writing as a Skill(p. 11)
• Writing as a Process of Discovery(p. 12)
• Writing as a Way to Communicate with Others(p. 13)
• Keeping a Journal(p. 14)
• Tips on Using a Computer(p. 15)
• Review Activities(p. 17)
• Using This Text(p. 20)
• Chapter 2 The Writing Process(p. 22)
• Prewriting(p. 23)
• Writing a First Draft(p. 31)
• Revising(p. 33)
• Editing(p. 35)
• Review Activities(p. 38)
• Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing(p. 50)
• Step 1 Begin with a Point, or Thesis(p. 51)
• Step 2 Support the Thesis with Specific Evidence(p. 60)
• Practice in Advancing and Supporting a Thesis(p. 67)
• Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing(p. 83)
• Step 3 Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence(p. 84)
• Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles(p. 94)
• Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specifi c Evidence(p. 102)
• Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing(p. 110)
• Revising Sentences(p. 111)
• Editing Sentences(p. 130)
• Practice in Revising Sentences(p. 133)
• Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays(p. 146)
• Base 1: Unity(p. 147)
• Base 2: Support(p. 150)
• Base 3: Coherence(p. 154)
• Base 4: Sentence Skills(p. 157)
• Practice in Using the Four Bases(p. 161)
• Part 2 Patterns of Essay Development(p. 175)
• Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development(p. 176)
• Important Considerations in Essay Development(p. 177)
• Patterns of Essay Development(p. 182)
• Chapter 8 Description(p. 184)
• READING: Lou's Place Beth Johnson(p. 194)
• Chapter 9 Narration(p. 209)
• READING: The Yellow Ribbon Pete Hamill(p. 220)
• Chapter 10 Exemplifi cation(p. 230)
• READING: Dad Andrew H. Malcolm(p. 241)
• Chapter 11 Process(p. 254)
• READING: How to Do Well on a Job Interview
• Glenda Davis(p. 263)
• Chapter 12 Cause and Effect(p. 276)
• READING: Taming the Anger Monster
• Anne Davidson(p. 286)
• Chapter 13 Comparison or Contrast(p. 300)
• READING: Born to Be Different? Camille Lewis(p. 311)
• Chapter 14 Definition(p. 324)
• READING: Television Addiction Marie Winn(p. 333)
• Chapter 15 Division-Classifi cation(p. 343)
• READING: Wait Divisions Tom Bodett(p. 352)
• Chapter 16 Argument(p. 363)
• READING: Ban the Things. Ban Them All. Molly Ivins(p. 376)
• Part 3 Special Skills(p. 385)
• Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams(p. 386)
• Chapter 18 Writing a Summary(p. 395)
• Chapter 19 Writing a Report(p. 407)
• Chapter 20 Writing a Rsum and Cover Letter(p. 412)
• Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet(p. 419)
• Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper(p. 433)
• Part 4 Handbook of Sentence Skills(p. 457)
• Section 1 Grammar(p. 458)
• Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs(p. 459)
• Chapter 24 Fragments(p. 465)
• Chapter 25 Run-Ons(p. 479)
• Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs(p. 492)
• Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement(p. 502)
• Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs(p. 508)
• Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference(p. 512)
• Chapter 30 Pronoun Types(p. 518)
• Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs(p. 525)
• Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifi ers(p. 531)
• Chapter 33 Dangling Modifi ers(p. 535)
• Section 2 Mechanics(p. 540)
• Chapter 34 Manuscript Form(p. 541)
• Chapter 35 Capital Letters(p. 544)
• Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations(p. 552)
• Section 3 Punctuation(p. 556)
• Chapter 37 Apostrophe(p. 557)
• Chapter 38 Quotation Marks(p. 565)
• Chapter 39 Comma(p. 573)
• Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks(p. 583)
• Section 4 Word Use(p. 588)
• Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement(p. 589)
• Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words(p. 594)
• Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice(p. 604)
• Chapter 44 Editing Tests(p. 611)
• Chapter 45 ESL Pointers(p. 625)
• Correction Symbols(p. 639)