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A Reader for
College Writers
English Skills
with Readings
W riting Skills
• Buscemi • Sixth Edition, © 2005
This rhetorically organized reader leads beginning student
writers from the elements of good writing through the
patterns of development, including a range of excellent models
throughout and coverage of the research process.
Features
Support for Reading and Writing: Each reading selection is
preceded by contextual headnotes, Preparing to Read notes,
and a Vocabulary section, and followed by Read More on the
Web, Questions for Discussion, Thinking Critically, and
Suggestions for Journal Entries.
Collaborative Assignments: Writing to Learn assignments
take student groups through a step-by-step process of
discussion, research, writing, and revision.
The Research Paper: Walks through the steps of the research
process, with updated directions on using the Internet.
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• John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College and Sharon Winstanley,
Seneca College • Third Canadian Edition, © 2005
English Skills with Readings, 3rd Canadian Edition, continues to
feature motivating activities that reinforce the four bases of
effective writing: Unity, Support, Coherence, and Sentence Skills.
This edition features an even stronger emphasis on the writing
process, with increased coverage of pre-writing and revision.
Features
New Online Learning Centre with bonus material on
study and research skills
Accessible Approach ESL and remedial English students will
benefit from its clear writing style and explanations, combined
with frequent examples.
Readings that Reinforce Learning Fifteen reading selections.
Contains 8 new readings, 6 of which are Canadian.
Special Attention for Non-Native Speakers of English A
separate chapter entitled “ESL Pointers” offers specific
assistance to students writing in English as a second language.
Also includes extensive coverage of grammatical points.
Table of Contents
Section 1 - The Basic Principles
of Effective Writing
1 An Introduction to Writing
2 The Writing Process
3 The First and Second Steps
in Writing
4 The Third Step in Writing
5 The Fourth Step in Writing
6 Four Bases for Evaluating
Writing
Section 2 - Paragraph
Development
7 Introduction to Paragraph
Development
8 Narrating an Event
9 Describing a Scene or Person
10 Providing Examples
11 Explaining a Process
12 Examining Cause and Effect
13 Comparing or Contrasting
14 Defining a Term
15 Dividing and Classifying
16 Arguing a Position
Section 3 - Essay Development
17 Writing the Essay
Section 4 - Sentence Skills:
Grammar, Mechanics,
Punctuation, Word Use, and
Practice
18 Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test
19 Subjects and Verbs
20 Sentence Sense
21 Fragments
22 Run-Ons and Comma Splices
23 Irregular Verbs
24 Subject-Verb Agreement
25 Pronoun Agreement and
Reference
26 Pronoun Types
27 Adjectives and Adverbs
28 Misplaced Modifiers
29 Dangling Modifiers
30 Paper Format
31 Capital Letters
32 Numbers and Abbreviations
33 Apostrophe
34 Quotation Marks
35 Comma
36 Other Punctuation Marks
37 Improving Spelling
38 Vocabulary Development
39 Commonly Confused Words
40 Effective Word Choice
41 ESL Pointers
42 Combined Mastery Tests
43 Editing Tests
Section 5 Reading Selections
44 Introduction to Readings
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