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EBOOK: College Writing Skills with Readings

9th Edition
007715715X · 9780077157159
College Writing Skills with Readings 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 S… Read More
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  • Part 1: Essay Writing 1
    • Chapter 1 An Introduction to Writing 2
    • Chapter 2 The Writing Process 22
    • Chapter 3 The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing 50
    • Chapter 4 The Third Step in Essay Writing 83
    • Chapter 5 The Fourth Step in Essay Writing 110
    • Chapter 6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 144
  • Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 173
    • Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 174
    • Chapter 8 Description 182
    • Chapter 9 Narration 203
    • Chapter 10 Exemplification 222
    • Chapter 11 Process 242
    • Chapter 12 Cause and/or Effect 260
    • Chapter 13 Comparison and/or Contrast 281
    • Chapter 14 Definition 304
    • Chapter 15 Division-Classification 325
    • Chapter 16 Argument 343
  • Part 3: Special Skills 365
    • Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 366
    • 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
    • Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 413
  • Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 439
    • Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 441
    • Chapter 24 Fragments 447
    • Chapter 25 Run-Ons 460
    • Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 473
    • Chapter 27 Subject-Verb Agreement 484
    • Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 490
    • Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 494
    • Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 500
    • Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 507
    • Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifiers 513
    • Chapter 33 Dangling Modifiers 517
    • Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 523
    • Chapter 35 Capital Letters 526
    • Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 534
    • Chapter 37 Apostrophe 539
    • Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 546
    • Chapter 39 Comma 554
    • Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 564
    • Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 570
    • Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 575
    • Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 585
    • Chapter 44 Editing Tests 592
    • Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 605
  • Part 5: Readings for Writers 621
    • Looking Inward 627
    • Observing Others 674
    • Confronting Problems 707
    • Instructor’s Guide IG-1