TY - BOOK AU - Langan,John TI - English skills with readings. SN - 0070364184 AV - PE1408.L25 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Grammar KW - College readers N1 - Includes index; Contents: Basic principles of effective writting -- Getting started -- Important factors in writing -- The First and second steps in writing -- The Third and fourth steps in writing -- Four bases for evaluating writing -- Paragraph development -- Introduction to paragraph development -- Providing examples -- Explaining a process -- Examining cause and effect -- Comparing or contrasting -- Defining a term -- Dividing and classifying -- Describing a scene or person -- Narrating an event -- Arguing a position -- Essay Development -- Writing the essay -- Sentence skills -- Grammar -- Fifteen reading selections -- Introduction to the readings -- Goals and values -- Education and self-improvement -- Human groups and society. ER -