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008			940425s1995 nyua 001 0 eng
010			_a
020			_a9780073371689
020			_a0073371688
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aPE1408.L25
100	1		_aLangan, John
245	1	0	_aEnglish skills with readings. / _cJohn Langan.
250			_a8th ed.
260			_aNew York : _bMcGraw-Hill, _c2012.
300			_axxix, 790 p. : _b ill. (col.); _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents: Contents: Basic principles of effective writing: An introduction to writing -- The writing process -- The First and second steps in writing -- The Third step in writing -- The fourth steps in writing -- Four bases for revising writing -- Introduction to paragraph development -- Exemplification -- Process -- Cause and effect -- Comparing or contrasting -- Definition -- Division- classification -- Description -- Narration -- Argument -- Additional paragraph assignments -- Essay Development: Writing the essay -- Research skills: Using the library and the internet -- Writing a research paper -- Handbook of sentence skills: Sentence skills diagnostic test -- Subjects and verbs --Sentence sense -- Fragments -- Run-ons -- Standard English verbs --Irregular verbs -- Subject-verb agreement -- .......... -- Apostrophes -- Quotation marks -- Commas -- Other punctuation marks -- Using the dictionary -- Improving spelling -- Vocabulary development -- Commonly confused words -- Effective word choice -- ESL pointers --Combined mastery tests -- Editing tests -- Introduction to the readings -- Goals and values -- Education and self-improvement -- Human groups and society.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xRhetoric.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xGrammar.
650		0	_aCollege readers.
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