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Developmental Writing – Essay.............................................................................................. 12
Developmental Writing – Paragraph....................................................................................... 10
Developmental Writing – Sentences......................................................................................... 7
Reading..................................................................................................................................... 1
Study Skills and First Year Orientation.................................................................................... 16

Composition........................................................................................................18
Argumentation Texts. .............................................................................................................. 27
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Handbooks and Workbooks.................................................................................................... 18
Readers – Rhetorically Organized.......................................................................................... 22

Rhetorics................................................................................................................................. 23
Writing Across the Curriculum................................................................................................. 27

Literature.............................................................................................................29
Introduction to Literature......................................................................................................... 29

Advanced Course................................................................................................30
English – Special Topics. ........................................................................................................ 30
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Library / Information Science.................................................................................................. 30
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PEAK Performance: Success in College and Beyond, 8e

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New Worlds: An Introduction to College Reading, 4e

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Opening Doors, 6e

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P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Strategies for Success in College and Life, 5e

Feldman

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English Brushup, 5e

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College Writing Skills, 8e

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Beyond Feelings: A Guide to Critical Thinking, 9e

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Read Reason Write, 10e

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Reading
NEW








*9780073407173*

NEW WORLDS:
AN INTRODUCTION TO
COLLEGE READING
4th Edition


Joe Cortina, Richland College

Janet Elder, Richland College
2011 / 712 pages

ISBN: 9780073407173
Available: January 2010

www.mhhe.com/newworlds4e
The new fourth edition of Joe Cortina and Janet Elder’s New Worlds:
An Introduction to College Reading continues to offer a clear, effective,
and systematic way to approach college reading assignments. New
Worlds introduces the skills needed to master college-level reading,
and shows how to apply those skills throughout the college curriculum
and beyond.
New to this edition
™™ Now with Connect Reading: Connect Reading prepares
students for success in college and beyond. This online learning
environment identifies and addresses individual needs, offers the
additional visual components today’s students expect, and provides
progressive learning as students advance.
™™ A full-color design with readings and graphics that look like
materials that students are likely to encounter in college.
™™ Expanded sections on interpreting visual aids in Chapter 10,
as well as new photographs, cartoons, and other visuals throughout
the text.
™™ Coverage of all the skills necessary for reading in college,
including vocabulary, comprehension, critical reading and thinking,
and study techniques.
™™ An extensive Online Learning Center at e.
com/cortina featuring extra quizzes, weblinks, and supplemental
reading selections.
™™ Five new reading selections in biology, environmental science,
fiction, and memoir, with accompanying activities, exercises, and
quizzes.

Contents
*--New reading selections
To the Instructor: Getting Started Using New Worlds
To the Student
Part One: A New World Of Learning: Reading And Studying In
College
Chapter 1: Introduction To Reading And Studying: Being
Successful In College
What do you need to know about the reading and studying
process?
What are the keys to studying college textbooks?
What is comprehension monitoring and why is it important?
What is the SQ3R study system?
How can you adjust your reading rates when you study?
What do you need to do to be successful in college?
Why is it important to set goals?

What are learning styles?
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading Selections:
1-1: A Mother’s Answer (Nonfiction)
1-2: Yes, You Can Strengthen Your Memory Skills (Student
Success)
1-3: Wise Up! The When and How of Preparing for Tests (Study
Skills)
Chapter 2: Developing A College-Level Vocabulary: A New World
Of Words
Why is it important to develop a college-level vocabulary?
What are context clues and how do you use them?
What are word-structure clues and how do you use them?

How do you use a dictionary pronunciation key?
What is figurative language and how do you interpret figures of
speech?
Other things to keep in mind when developing your college-level
vocabulary.
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Vocabulary Practice Exercises
Context Clues
Word Structure Clues
Figurative Language
Reading Selections:
2-1: Should Teenagers Work Part-Time? (Human Development)
2-2: McDonaldization: The Sun Never Sets on the Golden Arches
(Business)
2-3: Rage on the Road: The Danger of Aggressive Driving (Health)
Part Two: A New World Of Understanding: Using Core
Comprehension Skills When You Read College Textbooks
Chapter 3: Determining The Topic
What is the topic of a paragraph, and why is it important?
What are the clues for determining the topic of a paragraph?
Other things to keep in mind when determining the topic
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Comprehension Practice Exercises
Determining the Topic Exercises, Part One
Determining the Topic Exercises, Part Two
Reading Selections:
3-1: Is There a Better Way to Parent? A Look at Three Parenting
Styles (Human Development)
3-2: Giving a Speech? If You’re Nervous, You’re Normal! (Speech
Communication)

3-3: Better Sleep Is Big Business, but Are Restless Nights or
Advertisements Fueling the Need? (Business)
Chapter 4: Locating The Stated Main Idea
What is a stated main idea sentence, and why is it important?
What is the method for identifying the stated main idea sentence?
Which sentence can be the stated main idea sentence in a
paragraph?
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Comprehension Practice Exercises
Stated Main Idea Exercises, Part One
Stated Main Idea Exercises, Part Two
Reading Selections:
4-1: Good Boss? Bad Boss? Three Leadership Styles (Business)
4-2: Engagement and Marriage: The Same--Yet Different--Worldwide
(Human Development)
4-3: Smokers Versus Nonsmokers: A Question of Rights (Health)
Chapter 5: Formulating An Implied Main Idea
What is an implied main idea sentence, and why is it important to be
able to formulate a main idea when it has been implied?
What are three methods for using information in paragraph to
formulate an implied main idea sentence?
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Comprehension Practice Exercises
Formulating Implied Main Idea Exercises, Part One
Formulating Implied Main Idea Exercises, Part Two
Reading Selections:
5-1: Two Artistic Tributes: The Vietnam Memorial and the AIDS Quilt
(Art Appreciation)

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*5-2: Avian Flu: A Coming Pandemic (Biology)
5-3: Why Relationships Develop and What Makes Them Last
(Psychology)
Chapter 6: Identifying Supporting Details
What are supporting details and why are they important?
What is the method for identifying supporting details?
Major and minor details and how to tell the difference
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Comprehension Practice Exercises
Identifying Supporting Details Exercises, Part One
Identifying Supporting Details Exercises, Part Two
Reading Selections:
*6-1: Hold It! You Can Recycle That! (Environmental Science)
6-2: The Life of Buddha: The Path to Nirvana (History)
6-3: The New Immigration: Asian Americans and Latinos (History)
Chapter 7: Recognizing Authors’ Writing Patterns
What are author’s writing patterns and why are they important?
Transition words that signal the relationship of ideas within sentences
and between sentences
Five Common Writing Patterns
Definition pattern
List pattern
Sequence pattern
Comparison-contrast pattern
Cause-effect pattern
Additional Paragraph Patterns
Definition and Example Pattern

Generalization and Example Pattern
Location or Spatial Order Pattern
Summary Pattern
Classification Pattern
Addition Pattern
Statement and Clarification Pattern
Other things to keep in mind when recognizing authors’ writing
patterns.
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Comprehension Practice Exercises
Recognizing Authors’ Writing Patterns Exercises, Part One
Recognizing Authors’ Writing Patterns Exercises, Part Two
Reading Selections:
7-1: Achoooo! You’ve Caught Another Cold! (Health)
7-2: The Right to Vote: Valued but Under Utilized (Government)
7-3: Would You Eat “Frankenfood”?
Part Three: A New World Of Reading And Thinking Critically
Chapter 8: Reading Critically
What is critical reading and why is it important?
What is author’s point of view and how can you determine it?
What is author’s purpose and how can you determine it?
What is author’s intended audience and how can you determine it?
What is author’s tone and how can you determine it?
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Comprehension Practice Exercises
Critical Reading Exercises, Part One
Critical Reading Exercises, Part Two
Reading Selections:
*8-1: From For One More Day (Fiction)
*8-2: I Never Made It to the NFL (Memoir)

8-3: Dispelling the Myths about Millionaires (Business)
Chapter 9: Thinking Critically
What is thinking critically why is it important?
What are facts and opinions and why is it important to be able to
distinguish between them?
What are inferences and why is it important to make them?
Other things to keep in mind when thinking critically.
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Critical Thinking Practice Exercises, Fact and Opinion
Critical Thinking Practice Exercises, Making Logical Inferences
Reading Selections:
9-1: “It’s Your Turn to Feed the Baby!” How Infants Affect Marriage
(Child Development)
*9-2: Planet Under Stress: Curbing Population Growth (Biology)

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9-3: Is It Really Worth It? How Dual-Earner Couples Cope (Human
Development)
Part Four: A New World Of Studying
Chapter 10: Approaching College Reading And Studying
What is the three-step process for studying college textbooks?
Step 1: Prepare to Read
Step 2: Ask and Answer Questions to Guide Your Reading
Step 3: Review by Rehearsing Your Answers
What are textbook features?
Chapter Introductions and Chapter Objectives
Chapter Outlines
Vocabulary Aids and Glossaries
Boxes

Chapter Summaries
Study Questions and Activities
Other Textbook features
How can you interpret visuals and graphic aids?
Photographs
Diagrams
Maps
Cartoons
Line graphs
Pie charts
Bar graphs
Flowcharts
Tables
Other things to keep in mind when studying textbook material.
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Practice Exercises
Interpreting Graphic Aids
Reading Selection:
10-1: Living with Stress (Student Success)
Chapter 11: Preparing For Tests: Study-Reading, Rehearsal,
And Memory
How are rehearsal and memory related?
How can you underline, highlight, and annotate your textbooks?
How can you take notes from textbooks?
Guidelines for Outlining
Guidelines for Mapping
Guidelines for Summarizing
How can you follow directions?
Other things to keep in mind as you apply core comprehension skills
while you study.

Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading Selection:
11-1: Information Technology, The Internet, and You (Information
Technology)
Appendix 1 Glossary of Key Terms
Appendix 2 Master Vocabulary List
Appendix 3 Maps of the United States and the World
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OPENING DOORS
6th Edition

Joe Cortina, Richland College
Janet Elder, Richland College

2011 / 880 pages
ISBN: 9780073407180
Available: January 2010

www.mhhe.com/openingdoors6e
The new sixth edition of Joe Cortina and Janet Elder’s Opening Doors:
Understanding College Reading continues to offer a clear, effective,
and systematic way to approach college reading assignments. Its
twenty-seven full-length reading selections and two chapter-length
selections, culled from textbooks and other college-level materials,
provide ample opportunities for integrated, recursive practice of
essential reading comprehension skills, critical reading and thinking
skills, and study strategies.
New to this edition
™™ Now with Connect Reading: Connect Reading prepares
students for success in college and beyond. This online learning
environment identifies and addresses individual needs, offers the
additional visual components today’s students expect, and provides
progressive learning as students advance.
™™ A full-color design with readings and graphics that look like
materials that students are likely to encounter in college.
™™ Expanded sections on interpreting visual aids in Chapter 10,
as well as new photographs, cartoons, and other visuals throughout
the text.
™™ Additional coverage of new writing patterns, note-taking, and
the SQ3R Study System.
™™ Coverage of all the skills necessary for reading in college,
including vocabulary, comprehension, critical reading and thinking,
and study techniques.
™™ An extensive Online Learning Center at />cortina featuring extra quizzes, weblinks, videos, and supplemental

reading selections including:
™™ Video and audio explanations of key definitions and comprehension
monitoring questions (featuring the authors themselves)
™™ Flashcards of key reading terms
™™ Chapter tests
™™ Self-grading quizzes for 9 reading selections that offer feedback
for both correct and incorrect responses
™™ Journal writing prompts
™™ Crossword puzzles for vocabulary practice
™™ Additional web site resources for each reading selection that
now include key words for independent web searches
™™ Support for Instructors: An Annotated Instructor’s Edition
(Found on the Online Learning Center) with answers and explanations
as well as an Instructor’s Guide with updated and enhanced “Teaching
Tips” and “Timely Words” throughout.
™™ Six new reading selections in health, music, literature, and
communications with accompanying activities, exercises, and
quizzes.

*--New reading selections for this edition
Part One: Orientation: Preparing and Organizing Yourself for
Success in College
Chapter One: Making Yourself Successful in College
Skills: Doing What Successful Students Do
Motivating Yourself
Setting Your Goals
Identifying Your Learning Style
Managing Your Time
Setting Up a Weekly Study Schedule
Making the Most of Your Study Time

Planning Further Ahead: Creating a Monthly Assignment Calendar
and Using a Daily “To Do” List
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading Selections:
Selection 1-1 “Why Go To College?” from P.O.W.E.R. Learning:
Strategies for Success in College and Life by Robert S. Feldman
(Study Skills)
Selection 1-2 “Getting Ready for Prime Time: Learning the Skills
Needed to Succeed Today and Tomorrow” from Understanding
Business by Bill Nickels, Jim McHugh, and Susan McHugh
(Business)
Selection 1-3 “Saved” from The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told
to Alex Haley (Autobiography)
Chapter Two: Approaching College Reading And Developing A
College-Level Vocabulary
Skills: Understanding the Reading Process
Improving Your Reading
Predicting as You Read
Monitoring Your Comprehension
Adjusting Your Reading Rate
Developing a College-Level Vocabulary
Using Context Clues
Using Word-Structure Clues
Using a Dictionary Pronunciation Key
Understanding Denotations and Connotations of Words
Understanding Figurative Language
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Vocabulary in Context
and Figurative Language Questions
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading Selections:

Selection 2-1 “Making It Happen: Creating Positive Change to Become
a Peak Performer” (Student Success)
Selection 2-2 “Fighting Terrorism in a Global Age” (History)
Selection 2-3 “A Whale of a Survival Problem” by John Postlethwait
(Biology)
Chapter Three: Approaching College Assignments: Reading
Textbooks And Following Directions
Skills:College Textbooks: A Method for Reading and Studying
Effectively
The SQ3R Study System
Step 1: Prepare to Read
Step 2: Ask and Answer Questions to Enhance Your Reading
Step 3: Review by Rehearsing the Answers to Your Questions
Following Directions in Textbooks and on Tests
Guidelines for Following Directions
Example: Directions from a Textbook
Example: Directions for a Test
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading Selections:
Selection 3-1 “African Americans: The Struggle for Equality” by
Thomas E. Patterson (Government)
Selection 3-2 “Parenthood: Now, Later, ...Never?” by Diane E. Papalia
and Sally Wendkos Olds (Human Development)
Selection 3-3 “Art in the Service of Religion” by Rita Gilbert (Art
Appreciation)
Part Two: Comprehension: Understanding College Textbooks
by Reading for Ideas
Chapter Four: Determining the Topic and the Stated Main Idea
Skills: The Topic of a Paragraph

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What is the Topic of a Paragraph, and Why is it Important? Determining
and Expressing the Topic
The Stated Main Idea of a Paragraph
What is a Stated Main Idea, and Why is it Important?
Locating the Stated Main Idea Sentence
How to Tell if you have Identified the Stated Main Idea Sentence
How to Avoid Two Common Errors in Locating a Stated Main Idea
Stated Overall Main Ideas in Longer Passages
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Topics and Stated Main
Ideas
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Test Your Understanding: Determing the Topic and Stated Main
Idea
Reading Selections:
*Selection 4-1 “A Warning to Students: Plagiarism, Term Papers and
Web Research” by Brian Williams and Stacy Sawyer (Infornation
Technology)
Selection 4-2 “Latinos: An Emerging Influence in the United States”
by Richard J. Gelles and Ann Levine(Sociology)
Selection 4-3 “Muhammed” by Michael Hart (History)
Chapter Five: Formulating Implied Main Ideas
Skills: Implied Main Ideas in Paragraphs
What is an Implied Main Idea? Why is Formulating Implied Main
Ideas Important?
Formulating an Implied Main Idea
Steps to Follow

Threee formulas for Using Information in a Paragraph to Formulate
the MainThree
Requirements for Correctly Formulated Main Idea Sentences
Implied Overall Main Ideas in Longer Passages
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Implied Main Ideas
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Test Your Understanding: Formulating Implied Main Ideas
Reading Selections:
Selection 5-1 “Identity Theft: You are at Risk” (Personal Finance)
Selection 5-2 “Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the
Media’s Message Matter?” (Psychology)
Selection 5-3 “Demography” by Richard J. Gelles and Ann Levine
(Sociology)
Chapter Six: Identifying Supporting Details
Skills: Supporting Details in Paragraphs
What are Supporting Details? Why are Supporting Details
Important?
Identifying and Listing Supporting Details
Major and Minor Details, and How to Tell the Difference
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Supporting Details
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Test Your Understanding: Identifying Supporting Details
Reading Selections:
*Selection 6-1 “Shaping Your Health: The Millenial Generation and
Early Adulthood” by Wayne Payne, Dale Hahn, and Ellen Lucas
(Health)
Selection 6-2 “America’s Most Popular Drug: Caffeine” (Health)
Selection 6-3 “What Can Be Done to Help Third World Countries?”
From A Beginner’s Guide to the World Economy by Randy Charles
Epping (Economics)

Chapter Seven: Recognizing Authors’ Writing Patterns
Skills: Patterns of Writing
What are Authors’ Writing Patterns? Why is Recognizing Writing
Patterns Important?
Recognizing Authors’ Writing Patterns
List Pattern
Sequence Pattern
Definition Pattern
Comparison-Contrast Pattern
Cause-Effect Pattern
Spacial Order Pattern
Avoid Seeing Everything as a List
Other Writing Patterns
Addition Pattern
Generalization and Example Pattern

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Statement and Classification Pattern
Summary Pattern
Mixed Pattern
Relationships within and between Sentences
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Authors’ Writing
Patterns
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Test Your Understanding: Part One--Basic Writing Patterns
Reading Selections:
Selection 7-1 “E-Commerce? It’s E-Normous!” (Business)
*Selection 7-2 “The Development of Rock Music and Rock in American
Society” by Roger Kamien (Music Appreciation)

Selection 7-3 “Reactions to Impending Death” by Dennis Coon
(Psychology)
Chapter Eight: Reading Critically
Skills: What is Critical Reading?
Critical Reading Skills
Determining an Author’s Purpose
Determining an Author’s Intended Audience
Determining an Author’s Point of View, tone, and intended meaning
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Critical Reading
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading Selections:
*Selection 8-1 Prologue from The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
(Literature)
*Selection 8-2 “Think Before You Speak: Public Speaking in a
Multicultural World” by Stephen Lucas (Speech Communications)
*Selection 8-3 From The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
(Literature)
Chapter Nine: Thinking Critically
Skills: What is Critical Thinking, and Why is it Important?
Critical Thinking Skills
Why Readers Fail to Think Critically
Distinguishing Facts from Opinions and Determining Whether
Opinions Are Well Supported
Making Inferences and Drawing Logical Conclusions
Evaluating an Author’s Argument
Distinguishing between Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
Identifying Propaganda Devices
A Word about Standardized Reading Tests: Critical Thinking
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Test Your Understanding: Thinking Critically

Reading Selections:
Selection 9-1 “Poverty in America and Improving Social Welfare
through Public Education” (Government)
Selection 9-2 “Sport Utility Vehicles: How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me
Count the Ways” by Geneva Overholser (Editorial)
Selection 9-3 “Take Out the Trash, and Put It...Where?” by Bernard
Gavzer (Magazine Article)
Part Three: Systems For Studying Textbooks: Developing a
System that Works for You
Chapter Ten: Selecting and Organizing Textbook Information
Skills: Studying Better Rather Than Harder
Three Keys to Studying College Textbooks
Key 1: Selectivity
Key 2: Organization
Key 3: Rehearsal
Using Textbook Features
Marking Textbooks: Underlining, Highlighting, and Annotating
Taking Notes from Textbooks: Outlining, Mapping, and
Summarizing
Taking Notes on a Laptop
Guidelines for Outlining
Guidelines for the Cornell Method of Note-Taking
Guidelines for Mapping
Guidelines for Summarizing
Interpreting Graphs and Visual Aids
Bar Graphs
Line Graphs
Pie Charts
Tables

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Photographs
Diagrams
Flowcharts
Maps
Cartoons
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading Selection:
*Selection 10-1: “The Age of Globalization” by Alan Brinkley
(History)
Chapter Eleven: Rehearsing Textbook Information and Preparing
for Tests
Skills: Rehearsal and Memory
Studying for Tests
General Guidelines
Five-Day Test Review Plan
Creating Review Cards to Prepare for a Test
Creating Test Review Sheets
Creating Your Summary: Developing Chapter Review Cards
Reading Selection:
Selection 11-1: “Cultural Diversity: Family Strengths and Challenges”
by David Olson and John DeFrain (Marriage and Family)
Appendix 1 Glossary of Key Reading and Study Skills Terms
Appendix 2 A List of Word Parts: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Appendix 3 United States Map, World Map and List of World
Capitals
* Appendix 4 List of Reading Selection Vocabulary from the
Vocabulary-in-Context Exercises for each Reading Selection
Credits

Index
Vocabulary Log

READING AND ALL THAT JAZZ
4th Edition

Peter Mather and Rita Romero McCarthy of Glendale Community
College
2010 / Softcover / 672 pages
ISBN: 9780073385761
Available: March 2009

www.mhhe.com/mather
This introductory-to-intermediate reading text provides motivating and
engaging readings selected to gain and hold readers’ attention; clear
explanations to help grasp basic concepts for successful reading; and
a wide variety of well-developed practice exercise to provide genuine
thinking, interpretation, and even some improvisation.
CONTENTS
*New to this edition
Part 1 Getting a Handle on College
Chapter 1 How We Learn: Finding Out about Ourselves
Part 2 Discovering Meaning through Structure
Chapter 2 Topics, Main Ideas, and Details
Chapter 3 Determining an Author’s Purpose
Chapter 4 Transition Words and Patterns of Organization
Part 3 Interpreting What We Read
Chapter 5 Inference
Chapter 6 Figurative Language
Chapter 7 Tone

Part 4 Recognizing Modes of Writing
Chapter 8 Four Primary Modes
Chapter 9 Modes of Organization
Part 5 Reading Critically
Chapter 10 Fact and Opinion
Chapter 11 Bias
Chapter 12 Propaganda Techniques
Chapter 13 Evaluating the Evidence

Part 6 Becoming Ready for Content-Area Classes
Chapter 14 Scanning and Skimming
Chapter 15 Organizing Textbook Information
Chapter 15 *David Willoughby “Jazz in America”, from The World of
Music (music appreciation textbook)
Appendices
Using the Dictionary
Visual Aids
Test Taking Techniques
Sample Summaries

International edition
IMPROVING READING SKILLS
6th Edition

Deanne Milan Spears, City College of San Francisco
2010 / Softcover / 528 pages
ISBN: 9780073407241
ISBN: 9780071269476 (IE)
Available: January 2009

www.mhhe.com/spears
The sixth edition offers students insightful, engaging, contemporary
selections that to challenge them and to make them want to turn
the page. The book’s subtitle, Contemporary Readings for College
Students, reflects the nature of the book. In addition to acquiring skills,
students will learn something about the world as they read. In addition
to the readings, the book includes a wide variety of practice exercises
to reinforce good reading skills and to help students develop a collegelevel vocabulary. This basic principle—high-interest contemporary
readings and useful exercises—has accounted for the book’s success
in the past and remains the guiding principle for this edition.
CONTENTS
Improving Reading Skills: A Contemporary Reader 6/e
Part 1 Getting Started: Practicing the Basics
Identifying the Main Idea and Writer’s Purpose
Part 2 Refining the Basics
Annotating. Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Part 3 Tackling More Challenging Prose
Part 4 Mastering Reading about Complex Ideas
Patterns of Development
Part 5 Reading About Issues
Persuasive Writing and Opinion Pieces
Paired Editorials—The Fence along the U.S.-Mexican Border
Photo Essay
Paired Websites—Two Scientific Views of Global Warming
Part 6 Reading Textbooks
Reading Comprehension Progress Chart
Index of Authors and Readings
Index of Vocabulary Preview Words

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EFFECTIVE COLLEGE WRITING
2nd Edition

By Kooi Cheng Lee, Happy Goh, Janet Chan and Ying Yang
2009 (August 2009) / 168 pages
ISBN: 9780071269612

(An Asian Publication)

Effective College Writing is specifically written for pre-tertiary or tertiary
students in Asian countries where the medium of instruction is English.
The book aims to help students cope with writing in an academic
setting through the use of the process-genre approach. Students will
learn how to plan, organize, research, and produce different genres
of academic writing through a variety of relevant and challenging
activities and tasks. Reflection exercises, self-evaluation checklists,
and peer review checklists are also included to help students be more
autonomous in their learning. Each chapter of the book includes
™™ objectives, explaining what students will learn;
™™ an introduction to a genre, outlining its rhetorical structure and
specialized features;
™™ useful expressions, structures, and transitional markers peculiar
to the genre;
™™ text analysis, showing students how to identify thesis statement,
topic sentences, and supporting ideas, using examples of students’
writing;
™™ reflection, asking students to think about and reinforce what

they have learned; and
™™ writing tasks, emphasizing the process approach to genre
writing.
This book is to be accompanied by a teacher’s manual consisting of
suggestions on how lessons can be carried out, additional activities
for practice, examples of non-expository passages, and useful
supplementary material that can be photocopied.
Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Writing Process
2. Writing a Definition-Classification Essay
3. Writing a Process Essay
4. Writing a Comparison-Contrast Essay
5. Writing a Cause-Effect Essay
6. Writing a Problem-Solution Essay
7. Writing an Argumentative Essay
8. Writing an Academic Essay
References
Appendices

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EXERCISE YOUR COLLEGE READING
SKILLS Developing More Powerful
Comprehension
2nd Edition
Janet Elder, Richland College

2008 / 560 pages / Softcover
ISBN: 9780073513478
ISBN: 9780071275927 [IE]

www.mhhe.com/exercise
Through the familiar and motivating metaphor of sports, Janet Elder
(Entryways, New Worlds, Opening Doors) provides students extensive
opportunities to learn, apply, and reinforce essential reading skills.
CONTENTS
To the Instructor
Introduction
The “Secrets” of Success
A User’s Guide to the Brain
Handle Textbooks and Textbook Assignments Like a Pro
Part One: Warm-Up
Chapter 1: Determine the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word through
Context
Chapter 2: Analyze Word Structure
Part Two: Basic Workout
Chapter 3: Determine the Topic of a Paragraph
Chapter 4: Identify the Stated Main Idea Sentence and the Supporting
Details of a Paragraph
Chapter 5: Formulate the Implied Main Idea Sentence of a
Paragraph
Chapter 6: Recognize Authors’ Writing Patterns
Part Three: Basic Stretching
Chapter 7: Apply All the Basic Skills to Paragraphs
Part Four: Advanced Workout
Chapter 8: Distinguish Facts from Opinions
Chapter 9: Make Inferences and Draw Conclusions

Chapter 10: Determine an Author’s Purpose, Tone, Point of View,
and Intended Audience
Chapter 11: Evaluate an Author’s Argument
Part Five: Advanced Stretching
Chapter 12: Apply All the Advanced Skills to Single- and MultipleParagraph Selections
Part Six: Cooldown
Chapter 13: Interpret Graphic Aids
Chapter 14: Organize Information for Study
Part Seven: Grand Slam: Playing In The Big Leagues
Chapter 15: Apply All the Skills You Have Learned
Appendixes
Appendix 1: List of Word Parts
Appendix 2: Test-taking
Appendix 3: Recognizing Propaganda and Fallacies
Appendix 4: Conducting Research Using the Internet and Evaluating
Websites
Appendix 5: Learning Style Tips
Appendix 6: Four Common Figures of Speech
Photo Credits
Index


Developmental English
EFFECTIVE COLLEGE READING
Gek Ling Lee and Susan Tan

2008 (July 2007) / Softcover / 192 pages
ISBN: 9780071265744

[An Asian Publication]

How does a teacher get normally dull-as-ditch-water reading theory
across to his or her students? In the dark ages, students learned
how to answer reading comprehensions accurately by trial and error
and by practice. These days, what we know about reading theory
can take the mystery and hit-and-miss element out of learning how
to answer reading comprehension questions either for the mundane
purpose of passing college English examinations or, more usefully,
to apply relevant skills to the reading students have to do in college.
Students learn more effectively and more quickly when they are
taught why certain strategies benefit them. If they can internalize the
theory they can buy into it. In this book, each chapter starts with the
theory or reasons why certain skills are useful and how they can be
mastered, followed by comprehension exercises. Each chapter also
contains a second reading passage on a topic that is commonly found
at college level. Each comprehension exercise comprises questions
which test skills in surface-level reading, understanding nuances,
making inferences, giving opinions, and summarizing as well as
gauge students’ vocabulary range.
Contents
1. Can You Read?
2. How Do You Read?
3. USSR
4. Testing Your Reading Skills
5. Synthesis
6. Reading Between the Lines
7. Allusions, Idiomatic Expressions, and Foreign Tags
8. Pulling It All Together

5: Sentence Types

6: Fragments I
7: Fragments II
8: Run-Ons and Comma Splices I
9: Run-Ons and Comma Splices II
10: The Comma
11: The Apostrophe
12: Quotation Marks
13: Homonyms
14: Capital Letters
15: Parallelism
Part Two: Extending the Skills
16: Preparing a Paper
17: Punctuation Marks
18: Pronoun Forms
19: Pronoun Problems
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
22: Word Choice
23: Numbers and Abbreviations
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
26: More about Verbs
27: Even More about Verbs
28: More about Run-Ons and Comma Splices
29: More about Commas
30: More about Apostrophes
31: More about Quotation Marks
32: More about Homonyms
33: More about Capital Letters
Part Three: Proofreading

34: Basics about Proofreading
35: Ten Proofreading Tests
Part Four: Related Matters
36: Spelling Improvement
37: Dictionary Use
Index

Developmental Writing
– Sentences
English Essentials
2nd Edition

John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
2010 / 368 pages
ISBN: 9780073371603
Available: January 2009

www.mhhe.com/langan
John Langan’s English Essentials offers guidance through the
grammar, punctuation, and usage skills needed for success in college
and beyond. In short, English Essentials is an efficient, accessible,
and helpful guide to mastering practical English skills.
CONTENTS
Preface to the Instructor
Introduction
About the Book
Becoming a Better Writer
Writing Assignments
Visual Writing Prompts (insert)
Part One: Fifteen Basic Skills

1: Parts of Speech
2: Subjects and Verbs
3: Irregular Verbs
4: Subject-Verb Agreement

EXPLORING WRITING: SENTENCES AND
PARAGRAPHS
2nd Edition
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
2010 / 544 pages
ISBN: 9780073371863
Available: October 2009

www.mhhe.com/langan
Exploring Writing: Sentences and Paragraphs serves as a guidebook
for every step of the writing process. Emphasizing both process
and practice, with a focus on revision, the new second edition helps
to apply and advance writing skills using John Langan’s proven
techniques. Mastering essential sentence skills, learning to write
effective sentences, paragraphs, and essays, and becoming a critical
reader are turning points for every writer, and they will prepare the
students for writing situations in college and beyond.
CONTENTS
Part One Writing: Skills and Process
1. An Introduction to Writing
2. The Writing Process
Part Two Writing Effective Paragraphs
3.Four Steps for Writing, Four Bases for Revising
4. Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development
5. Moving From Paragraph to Essay

Part Three Sentence Skills
Section 1: Sentences

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Section 2: Verbs, Pronouns, And Agreement
Section 3: Modifiers And Parallelism
Section 4: Punctuation And Mechanics
Section 5: Word Use
Part Four Readings For Writers
Goals And Values
Education And Self-Improvement
Human Groups And Society
Appendix A: Parts of Speech
Appendix B: ESL Pointers
Appendix C: Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test
Appendix D: Sentence Skills Achievement Test
Appendix E: Answers to Exercises in Part III

SENTENCE SKILLS WITH READINGS
4th Edition
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
2010 / 736 pages
ISBN: 9780073533261
Available: January 2009

www.mhhe.com/langan
John Langan’s best-selling sentence-level worktext returns in a new

edition highlighting the essential grammar, mechanics, punctuation,
and usage skills needed for clear, college-level writing.
Contents
Part One: Effective Writing
Chapter One: Learning Sentence Skills
Why Learn Sentence Skills?
Your Attitude about Writing
How This Book is Organized
How to Use This Book
Chapter Two: A Brief Guide to Effective Writing
What Is a Paragraph?
The Goals of Effective Writing
Activities in the Goals of Effective Writing
Chapter Three: The Writing Process
Steps in the Writing Process
Activities in the Writing Process
Ten Writing Assignments
Part Two: Sentence Skills
Section 1: Grammar
Chapter Four: Subjects and Verbs
Chapter Five: Fragments
Chapter Six: Run-Ons
Chapter Seven: Sentence Variety I
Section 2: Verbs, Pronouns, and Agreement
Chapter 8: Standard English Verbs
Chapter 9: Irregular Verbs
Chapter 10: Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 11: Consistent Verb Tense
Chapter 12: Additional Information about Verbs
Chapter 13: Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View

Chapter 14: Pronoun Types
Section 3: Modifiers and Parallelism
Chapter 15: Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 16: Misplaced Modifier
Chapter 17: Dangling Modifiers
Chapter 18: Faulty Parallelism
Chapter 19: Sentence Variety II
Section 4: Punctuation and Mechanics
Chapter 20: Paper Format
Chapter 21: Capital Letters
Chapter 22: Numbers and Abbreviations
Chapter 23: End Marks

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Chapter 24: Apostrophe
Chapter 25: Quotation Marks
Chapter 26: Comma
Chapter 27: Other Punctuation Marks
Section 5: Word Use
Chapter 28: Dictionary Use
Chapter 29: Spelling Improvement
Chapter 30: Omitted Words and Letters
Chapter 31: Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 32: Effective Word Choice
Part Three: Reinforcement Of Sentence Skills
Combined Mastery Tests
Fragments and Run-Ons
Verbs
Pronouns

Faulty Modifiers and Parallelism
Capital Letters and Punctuation
Word Use
Editing and Proofreading Tests
Test 1: Fragments
Test 2: Fragments
Test 3: Run-Ons (Fused Sentences)
Test 4: Run-Ons (Comma Splices)
Test 5: Standard English Verbs
Test 6: Irregular Verbs
Test 7: Faulty Parallelism
Test 8: Capital Letters
Test 9: Apostrophes
Test 10: Quotation Marks
Test 11: Commas
Test 12: Commonly Confused Words
Combined Editing Tests
Part 4: Reinforcement Of The Skills
Introduction to the Readings
A Change of Attitude Grant Berry
Do It Better! Ben Carson, M.D., with Cecil Murphey
Lost Years, Found Dreams Regina Ruiz
Papa Leo Buscaglia
Let’s Get Specific Beth Johnson
All the Good Things Sister Helen Mrosla
Responsibility M. Scott Peck
The Most Hateful Words Amy Tan
My Daughter Smokes Alice Walker
Wonder in the Air, Jeff Gammage
The Warrior Within, Dawn Cogliser

Appendixes
Appendix A: How a Computer Can Help
Appendix B: Parts of Speech
Appendix C: ESL Pointers
Appendix D: Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test
Appendix E: Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
Appendix F: Ansswers to Introductory Activities and Practice Exercises
in Part Two
Index
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International edition
SENTENCE SKILLS: A WORKBOOK FOR
WRITERS, FORM A
8th Edition
John Langan, Atlantic Cape CMTY College
2008 / 640 pages
ISBN: 9780071101615 [IE]
Available: July 2007

www.mhhe.com/langan
This best-selling sentence-level worktext by John Langan continues to
help students master the essential grammar, mechanics, punctuation,
and usage skills needed for clear, thoughtful writing. The eighth edition
of Sentence Skills, Form A features new exercises and activities, a
new visual program, and much more!
Contents
Introduction: Learning Sentence Skills

Part One: Effective Writing
A Brief Guide to Effective Writing
Practice in Effective Writing
Part Two: Sentence Skills
Section 1: Grammar
Section 2: Mechanics
Section 4: Word Use
Part Three: Reinforcement Of Sentence Skills
Mastery Tests
Subjects and Verbs (4 tests)
Fragments (4)
Run-Ons (4)
Standard English Verbs (4)
Subject-Verb Agreement (4)
Consistent Verb Tense (2)
Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View (4)
Pronoun Types (2)
Adjectives and Adverbs (2)
Misplaced Modifiers (2)
Dangling Modifiers (2)
Parallelism (2)
Capital Letters (4)
Numbers and Abbreviations (2)
End Marks (2)
Apostrophe (4)
Quotation Marks (4)
Comma (4)
Other Punctuation Marks (2)
Dictionary Use (2)
Spelling Improvement (2)

Omitted Words and Letters (2)
Commonly Confused Words (4)
Effective Word Choice (4)
Combined Mastery Tests
Fragments and Run-Ons (2)
Verbs (2)
Pronouns (2)
Faulty Modifiers and Parallelism (2)
Capital Letters and Punctuation (2)
Word Use (2)
Editing and Proofreading Tests
Test 1: Fragments
Test 2: Run-Ons (Fused Sentences)
Test 3: Run-Ons (Comma Splices)
Test 4: Standard English Verbs
Test 5: Irregular Verbs
Test 6: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Test 7: Parallelism
Test 8: Capital Letters
Test 9: Apostrophe
Test 10: Quotation Marks

Test 11: Commas
Test 12: Commonly Confused Words
Combined Editing Tests
Part Four: Sentence Variety Through Combining Activities
Four Traditional Sentence Patterns
The Simple Sentence
The Compound Sentence
The Complex Sentence

The Compound-Complex Sentence
Review of Coordination and Subordination
Other Patterns That Add Variety to Writing
-ing Word Groups
-ed Word Groups
Appositives
-ly Openers
To Openers
Prepositional Phrase Openers
Series of Items
Sentence-Combining Exercises
Appendixes
A. Diagnostic and Achievement Tests
B. Answers to Introductory Projects and Practice Exercises
C. Progress Charts

International edition
JUMPSTART! A WORKBOOK FOR WRITERS
2nd Edition
Barbara Fine Clouse
2002 / 432 pages
ISBN: 9780072300741 (GOP)
ISBN: 9780071130110 [IE]

www.mhhe.com/jumpstart
Contents
Part 1: Developing Your Writing Process And Writing Paragraphs
And Essays
Chapter 1: Your Writing Process
Chapter 2: Writing a Paragraph

Chapter 3: Writing an Essay
Part 2: Understanding The Sentence
Chapter 4: Subjects and Verbs
Chapter 5: Coordination
Chapter 6: Subordination
Chapter 7: Sentence Fragments
Chapter 8: Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
Part 3: Understanding Verbs
Chapter 9: The Present Tense/Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 10: The Past Tense
Chapter 11: The Perfect Tenses/Active and Passive Voice
Chapter 12: The Progressive Tenses
Chapter 13: Tense Shifts
Part 4: Understanding Pronouns
Chapter 14: Pronouns
Chapter 15: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Chapter 16: Other Pronoun Problems
Part 5: Understanding Modifiers And Prepositions
Chapter 17: Adjective, Adverbs, and Articles
Chapter 18: Using Participles and Infinitives to Describe
Chapter 19: Prepositions
Part 6: Improving Sentences
Chapter 20: Achieving Parallelism
Chapter 21: Special Sentence Structure Problems
Chapter 22: Varying Sentence Openers
Part 7: Spelling Correctly
Chapter 23: Spelling

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Chapter 24: Frequently Confused Words
Part 8: Capitalizing And Punctuating
Chapter 25: Capitalization and Endmarks
Chapter 26: Commas
Chapter 27: Apostrophes
Chapter 28: Punctuating Direct Quotations
13 selections in JUMPSTART WITH READINGS:
Part 9: Reading And Writing In Response To Reading
Chapter 29: Reading and Writing Responses to Reading
Nikki Giovanni: On Holidays and How to Make Them Work
Skip Rozin: Big White
Andrew Lam: They Shut My Grandmother’s Door
Tunku Varadarjan: Baby Names, Big Battles
Thomas H. Middleton: Have a Nice Day
Langston Hughes: Thank you M’am
Michelle M. Ducharme: A Lifetime of Production
Elizabeth Stone: For One Teacher, a Lesson about E-Mail and
Privacy
Ray Hanania: One of the Bad Guys
Maya Angelou: The Fight
Karen S. Peterson: The Truth About Our Little White Lies
Chang-Lin Tien: America’s Scapegoats
Maria L. Muniz: Back, but Not Home
Appendix: The Parts of Speech

Developmental Writing –
Paragraph
NEW

*9780077428365*

ENGLISH BRUSHUP
5th Edition

John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community
College
Janet M Goldstein

2011 / 288 pages
ISBN: 9780077428365 (reprint)
Available: February 2010

www.mhhe.com/langan
The fifth edition of English Brushup offers your student a brief and
inexpensive guide to the grammar, punctuation, and usage skills they
need most. The latest edition of English Brushup offers expanded
coverage of Parts of Speech. This section has now been moved to
the front of the text to aid students in reviewing the basics.
New to this edition
™™ Expanded Coverage of Parts of Speech: Practice exercises
have been developed for the Parts of Speech material, which has been

moved to the front of the book to help students review the basics.
™™ Self-Teaching Approach: This approach enables students to
see exactly what they need to brush up on, and gives them focused
examples and practice exercises to speed them to mastery.
™™ AllWrite! 2.1 CD-ROM w. User’s Guide/0-07-244991-8 or
AllWrite! 2.1 Online/0-07244992-6 This tutorial software offers over

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3,000 exercises for practice in basic grammar, usage, punctuation,
context spelling, and techniques for effective writing.
Contents
Introduction
Part One: Sixteen Basic Skills
1: Subjects and Verbs
2: More about Verbs
3: Subject-Verb Agreement
4: Sentence Types
5: Fragments
6: Run-Ons and Comma Splices
7: Pronouns
8: Comma
9: Apostrophe
10: Quotation Marks
11: Other Punctuation Marks
12: Capital Letters
13: Homonyms
14: Word Choice
15: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
16: Parallelism

Part Two: Extending the Skills
17: Paper Form
18: Spelling
19: Pronoun Types
20: Adjectives and Adverbs
21: Numbers and Abbreviations
22: Usage
23: Mixed Constructions
24: More about Subjects and Verbs
25: Even More about Verbs
26: More about Subject-Verb Agreement
27: More about Run-Ons
28: More about the Comma
29: More about the Apostrophe
30: More about Quotation Marks
31: More about Punctuation Marks
32: More about Capital Letters
33: More about Homonyms
34: More about Word Choice
Part Three: Applying the Skills
Combined Mastery Tests
Editing Tests

GOING PLACES: PARAGRAPH TO ESSAY

Richard E Bailey, Henry Ford Community College and Linda Denstaedt,
University of Michigan
2010 / 544 pages
ISBN: 9780073407104
Available: January 2009

www.mhhe.com/bailey1e
This two-book developmental writing series with help students become
more effective and more confident writers by meeting students where
they are and by helping them get to where they want to go. One of
the authors’ primary goals in teaching writing is to help their students
explore how college writing can enhance students’ lives and help
them achieve their goals, whether academic, professional, or beyond.
Such exploration often begins with igniting a change in how our
students look at writing. Far too often, students come to the first day
of class thinking of the course as something simply to “get through,”
something without any real connection to what goes on outside the
classroom, when, in fact, writing is an essential part of their journey.
With these goals in mind, the authors have written, developed, and
student-tested Going Places (P-E), and its partner text On the Go
(S-P), so you can meet students where they are and use writing to
take them where they want to go. After all, engaged students and
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participate more fully. They use writing to learn and to share what
they know. In addition, critical thinkers and good writers participate
more fully in the workplace and are more likely to advance. Whatever
their destination, effective writing will make a fundamental difference
in each student’s journey.
CONTENTS
Part I: Writing In College
Chapter 1 Meeting the Demands of College Writing
Chapter 2 The Writing Process

Chapter 3 Writing Paragraphs in College
Part II: Paragraph Writing And Patterns Of Thinking
Chapter 4 Description
Chapter 5 Example
Chapter 6 Narrative
Chapter 7 Process
Chapter 8 Classification
Chapter 9 Cause and Effect
Chapter 10 Comparison and Contrast
Chapter 11 Definition
Chapter 12 Argument
Part III: Going To The Next Level: Essay Writing And Patterns
Of Thinking
Chapter 13 Essay Structure and the Writing Process The Essay The
Essay at a Glance
Chapter 14 Types of Essays
Chapter 15 Paraphrase, Summary, and Quotation
Chapter 16 The Documented Essay
Chapter 17 Writing in Class: Short Answer and Essay Tests
In-Class Writing
Part IV: The Tool Kit
Chapter 18 The Simple Sentence
Chapter 19 Beyond the Simple Sentence: Compounds, Coordination,
and Subordination
Chapter 20 The Sentence Fragment
Chapter 21 Comma Splices and Run Ons
Chapter 22 Editing Verb Errors: Agreement, Irregular Verbs, and
Consistency
Chapter 23 Pronoun Agreement, Case, and Consistency
Chapter 24 Punctuation

Chapter 25 Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 26 Mechanics
Part V: Reading And Thinking Critically
Chapter 27 Building Vocabulary
Chapter 28 Critical Reading, Thinking, and Writing

International edition
EXPLORING WRITING: PARAGRAPHS AND
ESSAYS
2nd Edition
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
2010 / 736 pages
ISBN: 9780073371856
ISBN: 9780070165168 [IE]
Available: October 2009

www.mhhe.com/langan
Exploring Writing: Paragraphs and Essays serves as a guidebook
for every step of the writing process. Emphasizing both process
and practice, with a focus on revision, the new second edition helps
to apply and advance writing skills using John Langan’s proven
techniques. Mastering essential sentence skills, learning to write
effective paragraphs and essays, and becoming a critical reader are
turning points for every writer, and they will prepare the students for
writing situations in college and beyond.

CONTENTS
Part One: Writing: Skills And Process
An Introduction to Writing
The Writing Process

Part One: A Writer’s Template: Across Disciplines
Part Two: Basic Principles Of Effective Writing
The First and Second Steps in Writing
The Third Step and Fourth Steps in Writing
Four Bases for Revising Writing
Part Two: A Writer’s Template: Across Disciplines
Part Three: Paragraph Development
Exemplification
Narration
Description
Process
Cause and Effect
Comparison or Contrast
Definition
Division-Classification
Argument
Part Three: A Writer’s Template: Across Disciplines
Part Four: Essay Development
Introduction to Essay Development
Writing the Essay
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles
Special College Skills
Writing a Research Paper
Part Four: A Writer’s Template: Across Disciplines
Part Five: Handbook Of Sentence Skills
Grammar
Grammar Editing Tests
Mechanics
Mechanics Editing Tests
Punctuation

Punctuation Editing Tests
Word Use
Part Five: Readings For Writing
Introduction To The Readings
Appendix: Writing A Resume And Cover Letter
Index

EXPLORING WRITING: SENTENCES AND
PARAGRAPHS
2nd Edition
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
2010 / 544 pages
ISBN: 9780073371863
Available: October 2009

www.mhhe.com/langan
Exploring Writing: Sentences and Paragraphs serves as a guidebook
for every step of the writing process. Emphasizing both process
and practice, with a focus on revision, the new second edition helps
to apply and advance writing skills using John Langan’s proven
techniques. Mastering essential sentence skills, learning to write
effective sentences, paragraphs, and essays, and becoming a critical
reader are turning points for every writer, and they will prepare the
students for writing situations in college and beyond.
CONTENTS
Part One Writing: Skills And Process
1. An Introduction to Writing
2. The Writing Process
Part Two Writing Effective Paragraphs
3.Four Steps for Writing, Four Bases for Revising

4. Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development
5. Moving From Paragraph to Essay

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Part Three Sentence Skills
Section 1: Sentences
Section 2: Verbs, Pronouns, And Agreement
Section 3: Modifiers And Parallelism
Section 4: Punctuation And Mechanics
Section 5: Word Use
Part Four Readings For Writers
Goals And Values
Education And Self-Improvement
Human Groups And Society
Appendix A: Parts of Speech
Appendix B: ESL Pointers
Appendix C: Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test
Appendix D: Sentence Skills Achievement Test
Appendix E: Answers to Exercises in Part III

Classification
Cause and Effect
Process Analysis
Comparison and Contrast
Definition
Persuasion

Developmental Writing –
Essay
International edition

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International edition



*9780073371658*

A WRITER’S WORKSHOP
2nd Edition

Bob Brannan, Johnson County Community College
2006 / Softcover / 752 pages
ISBN: 9780071116848 [IE]

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COLLEGE WRITING SKILLS
8th Edition
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community
College

CONTENTS
*New to this Edition
Preface
Unit I: Getting Our Feet Wet
1. Practicing the Writing Process
2. Making the Most of Reading
Unit II: Working With The Paragraph
3. Introducing the Paragraph
4. Revising Paragraphs
5. Picturing A Place
6. Telling Your Own Story
7. Illustrating through Examples
8. Creating and Explaining Groups
9. Recognizing Causes, Explaining Effects
10. Explaining Activities: Doing Them, Understanding Them
11. Explaining Similarities and Differences
Unit III: Working With The Essay
12. Introducing the Essay
13. Revising Essays
14. Expanding Paragraphs into Essays
15. Defining Terms, Clarifying Ideas
16. Writing Persuasively
17. Taking Essay Exams
Unit IV: Polishing Style
18. Creating Sentence Variety
19. Choosing the Most Effective Word
Unit V: Practicing Sentence Sense
20. Working with Sentence Parts
21. Coordination, Subordination, and Parallelism

22. Run-Ons, Comma Splices, and Sentence Fragments
23. Verbs: Form and Agreement
24. Pronouns: Reference, Agreement, and Form
25. Adjectives and Adverbs: Words that Describe
26. Commas, Other Punctuation, and Mechanics
27. Spelling and Sound-Alike Words
28. ESL Concerns
Unit VI: Additional Readings
Description
Narration
Illustration

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2011 / 816 pages
ISBN: 9780073371658
ISBN: 9780071221573 [IE]
Available: January 2010

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College Writing Skills 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 Skills empowers students to take control
of their writing and put it to work for them. Now, with the new online
writing program Connect Writing and the soon-to-come Connect
Langan, an online interactive version of College Writing Skills, this
new eighth edition brings writing closer to students and helps to take
them where they need to go. Whether online or in class, College
Writing Skills offers students the tools to succeed.

New to this edition
™™ Now with Connect Writing: College Writing Skills now comes
with innovative Connect Writing software, providing additional guided
practice for college writers.
™™ Connect Langan (print and online): The new edition of College
Writing Skills is available in print and in a soon to be available online
format: Connect Langan. Connect Langan is a Web-based total course
solution that prepares students for success in college and beyond.
™™ Fresh examples and practice exercises. Exercises have been
updated throughout the text, with special emphasis on including
current and relevant examples.
™™ Part III: Special Skills revised and updated. Most college
students have jobs, and Chapter 20, “Writing a Resume and
Cover Letter,” has been updated to include both a functional and a
chronological résumé. Information technology changes rapidly, and
Chapter 21, “Using the Library and the Internet,” has been carefully
revised to reflect the current resources available to students in college
libraries and online.


Developmental English
™™ Three new readings. Chosen for their appeal and relevance to
today’s students, these new essays address coming to terms with
one’s identity, the importance of confronting fears to attain personal
growth, and the debate over single-sex education.

International edition

NEW

Contents
Readings Listed by Rhetorical Mode xvii
To the Instructor xxi
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
Chapter6 Four Bases for Revising Essays 146
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 175
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 176
Chapter 8 Description 184
Chapter 9 Narration 209
Chapter 10 Exemplifi cation 230
Chapter 11 Process 254
Chapter 12 Cause and Effect 276
Chapter13 Comparison or Contrast 300
Chapter 14 Definition 324
Chapter 15 Division-Classifi cation 343
Chapter 16 Argument 363
Part 3: Special Skills 385
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 386
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 395
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 407
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 412
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 419
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 433
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 457
SECTION 1: Grammar 458

Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 459
Chapter 24 Fragments 465
Chapter 25 Run-Ons 479
Chapter26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 492
Chapter27 Subject-Verb Agreement 502
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 508
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 512
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 518
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 525
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifi ers 531
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifi ers 535
SECTION 2: Mechanics 540
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 541
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 544
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 552
SECTION 3: Punctuation 556
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 557
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 565
Chapter 39 Comma 573
Chapter40 Other Punctuation Marks 583
SECTION 4: Word Use 588
Chapter41 Spelling Improvement 589
Chapter42 Commonly Confused Words 594
Chapter43 Effective Word Choice 604
Chapter44 Editing Tests 611
Chapter45 ESL Pointers 625
Correction Symbols 639

*9780073371665*

COLLEGE WRITING SKILLS
WITH READINGS
8th Edition
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community
College

2011 / 816 pages
ISBN: 9780073371665
ISBN: 9780071221580 [IE]
Available: December 2009

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College Writing Skills with Readings offers students a practical
guide to becoming better writers. From mastering the traditional fiveparagraph essay and its variations to learning about the finer points
of grammar and punctuation, College Writing Skills with Readings
empowers students to take control of their writing and put it to work
for them. Now, with the new online writing program Connect Writing
and the soon-to-come Connect Langan, an online interactive version
of College Writing Skills with Readings, this new eighth edition brings
writing closer to students and helps to take them where they need to
go. Whether online or in class, College Writing Skills with Readings
offers students the tools to succeed.

New to this edition
™™ Now with Connect Writing: College Writing Skills with Readings
now comes with innovative Connect Writing software, providing
additional guided practice for college writers.
™™ Connect Langan (print and online): The new edition of College
Writing Skills with Readings is available in print and in a soon to
be available online format: Connect Langan. Connect Langan is a
Web-based total course solution that prepares students for success
in college and beyond.
™™ Fresh examples and practice exercises. Exercises have been
updated throughout the text, with special emphasis on including
current and relevant examples.
™™ Part III: Special Skills revised and updated. Most college
students have jobs, and Chapter 20, “Writing a Resume and
Cover Letter,” has been updated to include both a functional and a
chronological résumé. Information technology changes rapidly, and
Chapter 21, “Using the Library and the Internet,” has been carefully
revised to reflect the current resources available to students in college
libraries and online.
™™ Three new readings. Chosen for their appeal and relevance to
today’s students, these new essays address coming to terms with
one’s identity, the importance of confronting fears to attain personal
growth, and the debate over single-sex education.
Contents
Readings Listed by Rhetorical Mode xvii
To the Instructor xxi
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 146

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Developmental English
Part 2: Patterns of Essay Development 175
Chapter 7 Introduction to Essay Development 176
Chapter 8 Description 184
Chapter 9 Narration 209
Chapter 10 Exemplifi cation 230
Chapter 11 Process 254
Chapter 12 Cause and Effect 276
Chapter13 Comparison or Contrast 300
Chapter 14 Definition 324
Chapter 15 Division-Classifi cation 343
Chapter 16 Argument 363
Part 3: Special Skills 385
Chapter 17 Taking Essay Exams 386
Chapter 18 Writing a Summary 395
Chapter 19 Writing a Report 407
Chapter 20 Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter 412
Chapter 21 Using the Library and the Internet 419
Chapter 22 Writing a Research Paper 433
Part 4: Handbook of Sentence Skills 457
SECTION 1: Grammar 458
Chapter 23 Subjects and Verbs 459
Chapter 24 Fragments 465

Chapter 25 Run-Ons 479
Chapter 26 Regular and Irregular Verbs 492
Chapter27 Subject-Verb Agreement 502
Chapter 28 Additional Information about Verbs 508
Chapter 29 Pronoun Agreement and Reference 512
Chapter 30 Pronoun Types 518
Chapter 31 Adjectives and Adverbs 525
Chapter 32 Misplaced Modifi ers 531
Chapter 33 Dangling Modifi ers 535
SECTION 2: Mechanics 540
Chapter 34 Manuscript Form 541
Chapter 35 Capital Letters 544
Chapter 36 Numbers and Abbreviations 552
SECTION 3: Punctuation 556
Chapter 37 Apostrophe 557
Chapter 38 Quotation Marks 565
Chapter 39 Comma 573
Chapter 40 Other Punctuation Marks 583
SECTION 4: Word Use 588
Chapter 41 Spelling Improvement 589
Chapter 42 Commonly Confused Words 594
Chapter 43 Effective Word Choice 604
Chapter 44 Editing Tests 611
Chapter 45 ESL Pointers 625
Correction Symbols 639
Part 5: Readings for Writers 641
Reading Comprehension Chart 782
Instructor’s Guide IG-1
Suggested Approaches and Techniques IG-2
A Model Syllabus IG-15

Suggested Answers to the Discussion
Questions in Part Five IG-21
Diagnostic Tests IG-56
Appendix: A Writer’s Journal (Student edition only) 000
Index 000

A TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE FOR WRITERS
6th Edition
Barbara Fine Clouse
2010 / 224 pages
ISBN: 9780073383835
Available: October 2009

A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers is a compendium of strategies
for handling all aspects of writing, from prewriting through editing.
Designed for use independently by students as a resource book or as
an in-class text, A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers helps students
discover specific strategies for improving their writing processes and
for solving specific writing problems.
NEW TO THIS EDITION
™™ 28 new troubleshooting strategies help all users improve their
writing processes.
™™ New and expanded material on writing a thesis guides students
in this critical aspect of the writing process.
™™ Expanded discussion of collaboration teaches students to give
helpful feedback for group writing projects and peer review.
™™ Additional strategies for composing at the computer guide
students in the way they write today.
™™ Expanded discussion of research and using sources guides
prepares students for the expectations of composing research papers.

™™ Incorporation of the latest MLA and APA formats--with additional
models for documenting electronic sources--keeps this text up-todate.
™™ Connect Composition, an additional online resource, is
available for a separate purchase or packaged with the text. Offering
unparalleled resources through the peer review function, online tutors,
and numerous author videos; Connect Composition is much more than
just an online handbook! This web optimized handbook with visuals,
video, and Google-like search capabilities goes beyond the standard
ebook in an effort to engage and interact with today’s student. For
more information please contact your local sales representative.
FEATURES
™™ Brevity and Affordability: Priced and sized with students in mind,
this ready reference keeps explanations brief and clear.
™™ Comprehensive Coverage: 315 troubleshooting strategies--28
new to this edition--guide students through their writing processes.
™™ Emphasis on the Writing Process: The book’s organization
reflects the stages of the writing process, from prewriting through
editing.
™™ Examples at All Stages of the Process: “Examining a Draft”
sections use clear, realistic examples to illustrate specific sections
of a draft during the revision process.
™™ Thorough Coverage of Research: Part V focuses on research
and documentation; Chapters 27-29 include coverage of MLA and
APA style sheets and feature an annotated sample student research
paper.
™™ Plagiarism Alerts throughout the book help students identify
potential problems with intentional and unintentional plagiarism.
™™ Practical Appendices: Three appendices offer strategies for multilingual students; hints for taking essay exams and writing in-class;
and suggestions for writing topics.

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Developmental English
NEW



*9789675771118*

WRITING WITH SOURCES
A Guidebook for Academic Writers

Krishnakumari Karuthan, Nor Azni Abdullah and Ahmad Mazli
Muhammad
2010 (June 2010) / 164 pages
ISBN: 9789675771118

(An Asian Publication)

A guidebook designed to help undergraduates prepare short,
researched academic papers either in an academic writing course
or as assignments in their content courses. It takes students through
the process of writing a short research paper, starting from the
preparation of an annotated bibliography through to revising, editing
and proof-reading the finished paper. This text also shows students
how to look for appropriate materials, guides them in synthesizing
and integrating information into their writing without slipping into the
common pitfalls of plagiarism.

Writing the Essay
Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles
Special College Skills
Writing a Research Paper
Part Four: A Writer’s Template: Across Disciplines
Part Five: Handbook Of Sentence Skills
Grammar
Grammar Editing Tests
Mechanics
Mechanics Editing Tests
Punctuation
Punctuation Editing Tests
Word Use
Part Five: Readings For Writing
Introduction to the Readings
Appendix: Writing a Resume and Cover Letter
Index

EFFECTIVE COLLEGE WRITING
2nd Edition

International edition
EXPLORING WRITING:
PARAGRAPHS AND ESSAYS
2nd Edition

By Kooi Cheng Lee, Happy Goh, Janet Chan and Ying Yang
2009 (August 2009) / 168 pages
ISBN: 9780071269612

(An Asian Publication)

John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
2010 / 736 pages
ISBN: 9780073371856
ISBN: 9780070165168 [IE]
Available: October 2009

Effective College Writing is specifically written for pre-tertiary or tertiary
students in Asian countries where the medium of instruction is English.
The book aims to help students cope with writing in an academic
setting through the use of the process-genre approach. Students will
learn how to plan, organize, research, and produce different genres
of academic writing through a variety of relevant and challenging
activities and tasks. Reflection exercises, self-evaluation checklists,
and peer review checklists are also included to help students be more
autonomous in their learning. Each chapter of the book includes

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™™ objectives, explaining what students will learn;

Exploring Writing: Paragraphs and Essays serves as a guidebook
for every step of the writing process. Emphasizing both process
and practice, with a focus on revision, the new second edition helps
to apply and advance writing skills using John Langan’s proven
techniques. Mastering essential sentence skills, learning to write
effective paragraphs and essays, and becoming a critical reader are
turning points for every writer, and they will prepare the students for
writing situations in college and beyond.

CONTENTS
Part One: Writing: Skills And Process
An Introduction to Writing
The Writing Process
Part One: A Writer’s Template: Across Disciplines
Part Two: Basic Principles Of Effective Writing
The First and Second Steps in Writing
The Third Step and Fourth Steps in Writing
Four Bases for Revising Writing
Part Two: A Writer’s Template: Across Disciplines
Part Three: Paragraph Development
Exemplification
Narration
Description
Process
Cause and Effect
Comparison or Contrast
Definition
Division-Classification
Argument
Part Three: A Writer’s Template: Across Disciplines
Part Four: Essay Development
Introduction to Essay Development

™™ an introduction to a genre, outlining its rhetorical structure and
specialized features;
™™ useful expressions, structures, and transitional markers peculiar
to the genre;
™™ text analysis, showing students how to identify thesis statement,
topic sentences, and supporting ideas, using examples of students’

writing;
™™ reflection, asking students to think about and reinforce what
they have learned; and
™™ writing tasks, emphasizing the process approach to genre
writing.
This book is to be accompanied by a teacher’s manual consisting of
suggestions on how lessons can be carried out, additional activities
for practice, examples of non-expository passages, and useful
supplementary material that can be photocopied.
Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Writing Process
2. Writing a Definition-Classification Essay
3. Writing a Process Essay
4. Writing a Comparison-Contrast Essay
5. Writing a Cause-Effect Essay
6. Writing a Problem-Solution Essay
7. Writing an Argumentative Essay
8. Writing an Academic Essay
References
Appendices

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Study Skills and First

Year Orientation
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*9780073375199*

Part Three: Life Beyond the Classroom
Chapter 11: Making Good Decisions
Chapter 12: Diversity and Your Relationships with Others
Chapter 13: Money Matters
Chapter 14: Stress, Health, and Wellness
A Final Word
Glossary
Endnotes
Credits
Index

PEAK PERFORMANCE
Success in College and Beyond, 8th Edition
Sharon Ferrett, Humboldt State University
2012 / 544 pages
ISBN: 9780073375199
Available: January 2011

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Sharon Ferrett, Humboldt State University
2010 / Softcover / 544 pages
ISBN: 9780073375120
Available: January 2009

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*9780073375168*

P.O.W.E.R. LEARNING
Strategies for Success in
College and Life
5th Edition

Roberts Feldman, University of Mass-Amherst

2011 / 416 pages
ISBN: 9780073375168
Available: January 2010

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P.O.W.E.R. Learning is the only first-year experience text with a
unifying system for critical thinking and problem solving. P.O.W.E.R.
Learning maximizes students’ potential for success in college and

in life. Using the scientifically-based, yet simple and class-tested
principles of the P.O.W.E.R (Prepare, Organize, Work, Evaluate, and
Rethink) system, students gain a sense of mastery and achievement
as they move through the text; with the growth of their confidence
comes the increased intellectual enthusiasm and personal discipline
needed for them to excel.
New to this edition
™™ Student friendly design and layout created to capture students’
attention and enhance student engagement. Students will find the
stunning images, charts, and photos throughout this innovative
learning tool easy to digest and relate to.
Contents
Part One: Getting Started
Chapter 1: P.O.W.E.R. Learning: Becoming a Successful Student
Chapter 2: Making the Most of Your Time
Chapter 3: Recognizing How You Learn, Who You Are, and What
You Value
Part Two: Using P.O.W.E.R. for Academic Success
Chapter 4: Taking Notes
Chapter 5: Taking Tests
Chapter 6: Building Your Reading Skills
Chapter 7: Writing and Speaking
Chapter 8: Memory
Chapter 9: Choosing Your Courses and Major
Chapter 10: Technology and Information Competency

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PEAK PERFORMANCE
Success in College and Beyond, 7th Edition

In this best-selling text by Sharon Ferrett, Peak Performance
continues to present new and returning college students with practical,
hands-on methods of increasing their performance both inside and
outside the classroom. It helps students make the connection between
their academic efforts and their job and life skills. They will learn a
variety of personal productivity skills related to positive work and
study habits, as well as creative problem-solving, organizational, and
interpersonal skills. This new edition has been updated to include
many new hot topics and current issues relating to today’s student,
more “how-to” information is provided to help the student put the
material into practice, and many examples have been added or
revised to encourage application and personal reflection.
CONTENTS
Part One: Building Foundation Skills
Chapter 1: Be a Lifelong Learner
Chapter 2: Expand Your Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 3: Manage Your Time
Chapter 4: Maximize Your Resources
Part Two: Basic Skills And Strategies
Chapter 5: Listen and Take Effective Notes
Chapter 6: Actively Read
Chapter 7: Improve Your Memory Skills
Chapter 8: Excel at Taking Tests
Chapter 9: Express Yourself in Writing and Speech
Part Three: Application
Chapter 10: Become a Critical Thinker and Creative Problem Solver
Chapter 11: Create a Healthy Mind, Body, and Spirit
Chapter 12: Build Supportive and Diverse Relationships
Chapter 13: Develop Positive Habits

Chapter 14: Explore Majors and Careers


Developmental English
READING AND STUDY SKILLS
9th Edition
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College
2010 / 640 pages
ISBN: 9780073371641
Available: January 2009

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By focusing on a wide range of reading and study skills required
in the academic world, Reading and Study Skills gives instructors
the flexibility to address student needs that might otherwise require
several texts. The highly versatile organization divides topics into
focused, self-contained modules that can be covered in any order
resulting in a text that can be adapted to fit any teaching or learning
situation.
Contents
Part One: Motivational Skills
Part Two: Study Skills
Part Three: A Brief Guide to Important Word Skills
Part Four: Reading Comprehension Skills
Part Five: Skim Reading and Comprehension
Part Six: Rapid Reading and Comprehension
Part Seven: Mastery Tests
Part Eight: Additional Learning Skills

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Composition

Handbooks and
Workbooks
WRITING MATTERS: A HANDBOOK FOR
WRITING AND RESEARCH
Rebecca Howard, Syracuse University
2010 / 992 pages
ISBN: 9780077429645
Available: October 2009

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Writing Matters unites research, reasoning, documentation, grammar
and style in a cohesive whole, helping students see the conventions
of writing as a network of responsibilities writers have...
™™ ...to other writers. Writing Matters clarifies the responsibility
writers have to one another--whether they are collaborating in an
online peer review or drawing on digital and print sources in a research
project--to treat information fairly and accurately and to craft writing
that is fresh and original--their own!
™™ ...to the audience. Writing Matters stresses the importance of
using conventions appropriate to the audience, to write clearly, and
to provide readers with the information and interpretation they need
to make sense of a topic.
™™ ...to the topic. Writing Matters emphasizes the writer’s
responsibility to explore a topic thoroughly and creatively, to assess
sources carefully, and to provide reliable information at a depth that
does the topic justice.

™™ ...to themselves. Writing Matters encourages writers to take their
writing seriously and to approach writing tasks as an opportunity to
learn about a topic and to expand their scope as writers. Students
are more likely to learn about a topic and to expand their scope as
writers. Students are more likely to write well when they think of
themselves as writers rather than as error-makers. By explaining rules
in the context of responsibility, Writing Matters addresses composition
students respectfully as mature and capable fellow participants in the
research and writing process.
Contents
Contents
Part 1 Writing Matters: Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing,
Designing
1 Writing Responsibly in the Information Age
2 Planning Your Project
3 Organizing and Drafting Your Project
4 Crafting and Connecting Paragraphs
5 Drafting and Revising Visuals
6 Revising, Editing, Proofreading, and Formatting
Part 2 Reasoning Matters: Reading, Thinking, and Arguing
7 Thinking and Reading Critically
8 Analyzing and Crafting Arguments
Part 3 Media Matters
9 Designing Printed and Electronic Documents
10 Writing for Multiple Media
11 Making a Multimedia Presentation
Part 4 Research Matters
12 Planning a Research Project
13 Finding Information
14 Evaluating Information

15 Using Information and Avoiding Plagiarism
16 Writing the Research Project
Part 5 Documentation Matters
17 Documenting Sources: MLA Style
18 Documenting Sources: APA Style

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19 Documenting Sources: Chicago Style
20 Documenting Sources: CSE Style
Part 6 Genre Matters: Writing in and beyond College
21 Writing in Literature and the Other Humanities
22 Writing in the Sciences and Social Sciences
23 Preparing for and Taking an Essay Exam
24 Writing in Business and as a Citizen (by Amy Taggart)
Part 7 Style Matters
25 Writing Concisely
26 Using Coordination and Subordination
27 Using Parallelism
28 Engaging Readers with Variety and Emphasis
29 Choosing Appropriate Language
30 Choosing Effective Words
31 Using the Dictionary and Spelling Correctly
Part 8 Grammar Matters
32 Understanding Grammar
33 Avoiding Sentence Fragments
34 Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
35 Maintaining Agreement
36 Using Verbs
37 Understanding Pronoun Case and Reference

38 Using Adjectives and Adverbs
39 Avoiding Confusing Shifts
40 Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
41 Avoiding Mixed and Incomplete Constructions
Part 9 ESL Matters (by Ted E. Johnston and M. E. Sokolik)
42 Understanding English Word Order and Sentence Structure
43 Using Nouns and Noun Determiners
44 Managing English Verbs
45 Managing Adjectives and Adverbs
46 Using Prepositions
Part 10 Detail Matters: Punctuation and Mechanics
47 Using Commas
48 Using Semicolons
49 Using Apostrophes
50 Using Quotation Marks
51 Using End Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation
Points
52 Using Other Punctuation Marks: Dashes, Parentheses, Brackets,
Colons, Ellipses, and Slashes
53 Capitalizing
54 Italics and Underlining
55 Using Abbreviations
56 Using Numbers
57 Using Hyphens
Glossary of Key Terms
Glossary of Usage
Credits
ESL Index
Index