Langan, John,  1942- <br/><br/>
College writing skills with readings. / 
John Langan. 
 - 6th ed. 
 - Boston :  McGraw-Hill,  c2005. 
 - xxi, 734 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0072871326 (student edition : acidfree paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004052441 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Rhetoric.<br/>English language--Grammar.<br/>College readers.<br/>Report writing.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1408.L22 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808/.042/0711