[内容简介]
This combined rhetoric/worktext is designed for basic skills writing courses that focus on the paragraph. "English Skills" features John Langan's clear explanations and his wide range of motivating activities and assignments that reinforce the Four Bases of Effective Writing: Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills.
[目次]
To the Instructor PART ONE: Basic Principles of Effective Writing Preview Chapter 1: An Introduction to Writing Understanding Point and Support An Overview: How the Book is Organized Benefits of Paragraph Writing Writing as a Skill Writing as a Process of Discovery Keeping a Journal 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 Writing Step 1: Begin With a Point Step 2: Support the Point with Specific Evidence Reinforcing Point and Support The Importance of Specific Details The Importance of Adequate Details Practice in Making and Supporting a Point Chapter 4: The Third Step in Writing Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence Chapter 5: The Fourth Step in Writing Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences Revising Sentences Editing Sentences Practice in Revising Sentences Chapter 6: Four Bases for Revising Writing Base 1: Unity Base 2: Support Base 3: Coherence Base 4: Sentence Skills Practice in Using the Four Bases PART TWO: Paragraph Development Preview Chapter 7: Introduction to Paragraph Development Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development Important Considerations in Paragraph Development Using a Computer Using Peer Review Doing a Personal Review Chapter 8: Providing Examples Chapter 9: Explaining a Process Chapter 10: Examining Cause and Effect Chapter 11: Comparing or Contrasting Chapter 12: Defining a Term Chapter 13: Dividing and Classifying Chapter 14: Describing a Scene or Person Chapter 15: Narrating an Event Chapter 16: Arguing a Position PART THREE: Essay Development Preview Chapter 17: Additional Paragraph Assignments Chapter 18: Writing the Essay What Is an Essay? Important Points About the Essay Essays to Consider Planning the Essay Practice in Writing the Essay Essay Assignments PART FOUR: A Quick Guide to Research Preview Chapter 19: A Quick Guide to Research PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills Preview Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test GRAMMAR Chapter 20: Subjects and Verbs Chapter 21: Sentence Sense Chapter 22: Fragments Chapter 23: Run-Ons Chapter 24: Standard English Verbs Chapter 25: Irregular Verbs Chapter 26: Subject-Verb Agreement Chapter 27: Pronoun Agreement and Reference Chapter 28: Pronoun Types Chapter 29: Adjectives and Adverbs Chapter 30: Misplaced Modifiers Chapter 31: Dangling Modifiers MECHANICS Chapter 32: Paper Format Chapter 33: Capital Letters Chapter 34: Numbers and Abbreviations PUNCTUATION Chapter 35: Apostrophe Chapter 36: Quotation Marks Chapter 37: Comma Chapter 38: Other Punctuation Marks WORD USE Chapter 39: Using the Dictionary Chapter 40: Improving Spelling Chapter 41: Vocabulary Development Chapter 42: Commonly Confused Words Chapter 43: Effective Word Choice Chapter 44: ESL Pointers PRACTICE Chapter 45: Combined Mastery Tests Chapter 46: Editing Tests Sentence-Skills Achievement Test APPENDIX: Answers and Charts Preview Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects Charts Acknowledgments Index